Exploring the feasibility and usability of the experience sampling method to examine the daily lives of patients with acquired brain injury

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The experience samplingmethod (ESM) is a structured diarymethod with high ecological validity, in that it accurately captures the everyday context of individuals through repeated measurements in naturalistic environments. Our main objective was to investigate the feasibility of using ESM in individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI). A second goal was to explore the usability of ESM data on a clinical level, by illustrating the interactions between person, environment, and affect. The PsyMate device provided ABI patients (N = 17) with ten signals (beeps) per day during six consecutive days. Each beep was followed by a digital questionnaire assessing mood, location, activities, social context, and physical well-being. Results demonstrated high feasibility with a 71% response rate and a 99% completion rate of the questionnaires. There were no dropouts and the method was experienced as user-friendly. Time-lagged multilevel analysis showed that higher levels of physical activity and fatigue predicted higher levels of negative affect at the same point in time, but not at later time points. This study illustrates the potential of ESM to identify complex person–environment dynamics after ABI, while generating understandable and easy to use graphical feedback.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.34894/FJL5JD
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2017.1330214
Metadata Access https://dataverse.nl/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.34894/FJL5JD
Provenance
Creator Lenaert, Bert ORCID logo; Colombi, Max; van Heugten, Caroline ORCID logo; Rasquin, Sascha; Kasanova, Zuzana ORCID logo; Ponds, Rudolf ORCID logo
Publisher DataverseNL
Contributor faculty data manager FPN; Ponds, Rudolf; Lenaert, Bert
Publication Year 2022
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
OpenAccess false
Contact faculty data manager FPN (Maastricht University); Ponds, Rudolf (Maastricht University); Lenaert, Bert (Maastricht University)
Representation
Resource Type ESM data; Dataset
Format application/x-stata
Size 146224
Version 1.0
Discipline Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Life Sciences; Social Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Soil Sciences