Mobile telephones with an integrated camera can provide a unique mechanism for collecting dietary information that reduces burden on record-keepers. Objectives for this study were to test whether participant's proficiency with the mobile telephone food record improved after training and repeated use and to measure changes in perceptions regarding use of the mobile telephone food record after tr...

Epidemiologists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom will study victims of brain tumors over the next 3 years to determine if the use of mobile phones has contributed to the victims cancers. At the same time, the researchers will study the use of mobile phones by an equal number of people without cancer. Epidemiologist Tricia McKinney, PhD, who will lead the study said, “The causes ...

reviews in many countries indicate that drivers often talk on mobile (cell) phones. studies have been done on possible effects of concurrent mobile phone use on driving performance. previous studies have found that phone talking could impairs performance on simulated or instrumented driving tasks, using such measures as reaction time, following distance, and situational awareness. most of these...

The self-management of asthma can improve clinical outcomes. Recently, mobile telephones have been widely used as an efficient, instant personal communication tool. This study investigated whether a self-care system will achieve better asthma control through a mobile telephone-based interactive programme. This was a prospective, controlled study in outpatient clinics. From 120 consecutive patie...

BACKGROUND, AIMS AND DESIGN The increase in mobile telephone-only households may be a source of bias for traditional landline gambling prevalence surveys. Aims were to: (1) identify Australian gambling participation and problem gambling prevalence using a dual-frame (50% landline and 50% mobile telephone) computer-assisted telephone interviewing methodology; (2) explore the predictors of sample...

For almost three decades telephone household surveys have increased in number and size. There has been a corresponding development of telephone sampling techniques that attempted to improve the cost effectiveness of telephone surveys. For example, the twostage RDD sampling devis ed by Mitofsky (1970) and revised by Waksberg (1978) provided nearly complete coverage of both listed and unlisted te...

BACKGROUND To examine the trend of "mobile only" households, and households that have a mobile phone or landline telephone listed in the telephone directory, and to describe these groups by various socio-demographic and health indicators. METHOD Representative face-to-face population health surveys of South Australians, aged 15 years and over, were conducted in 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008...