An online survey of adults with cystic fibrosis: accessing and using life expectancy information - User Guide

Permanent Identifier:

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001077

Data Description

A spreadsheet containing a subset of the original data from all respondents (n=85) from an online questionnaire entitled "Online survey to gain understanding of what people with cystic fibrosis aged 16+ would like to learn about their life expectancy and other outcomes". The survey was conducted in July 2016. Responses to all multiple choice questions are included. Free text responses have been removed in accordance with information provided to the respondents. Ages have been categorised. The data do not contain any identifying information.

Data Collection Methods

The target population for the online survey were people with CF aged 16 and older who lived in the UK. The survey was performed using Bristol Online Surveys (https://www.onlinesurveys.ac.uk) and available online for a two-week period (4-18 July 2016).  The survey was advertised at the start of this period by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust using Facebook and Twitter. Reminders were placed after 1 week. The survey was also promoted by others on social media.

Geographic regions

The online survey was intended for completion by people with cystic fibrosis aged 16 or over who lived in the UK.

Key dates

Data collection performed between 4 July 2016 - 18 July 2016.

Population

People with cystic fibrosis aged 16 or over who lived in the UK.

Privacy:

Exact age has been placed into five year categories. Additional de-identification will be performed on a case-by-case basis.

Ethics

This study was approved by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Research Ethics Committee (Reference 16138).

Keywords

Cystic fibrosis, Life expectancy, United Kingdom

Language of written material

English

Additional Information

Data access is restricted to comply with the participant consent agreement.

Data Creators

Forename Surname Faculty / Dept Institution Role
Ruth Keogh Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Medical Statistics London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Data Creator

File Description

Filename Description Access status Licence
CFQ_data.csv Results of an online survey to determine the type of information that people with Cystic Fibrosis would like to learn about their life expectancy and other outcomes Controlled Data Sharing Agreement
CF-questionnaire.pdf   PDF export of web-based questionnaire to gain understanding of what people with Cystic Fibrosis aged 16+ would like to learn about their life expectancy and other outcomes Open to all Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0.
Codebook.html Codebook for CF dataset Open to all Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0.
UserGuide.html This document Open to all Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0.