Lessons Learned From Telephone-Based Data Collection for Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Prima Dhewi Ratrikaningtyas; Lutfan Lazuardi; Agung Nugroho; Amirah Ellyza Wahdi; Rahsunji Intan Nurvitasari; Luthfi Azizatunnisa; Alfianto Hanafiah; Septi Kurnia Lestari; Ratri Kusuma Wardani; Putri Tiara Rosha; Aviria Ermamilia; Fitrina Mahardani Kusumaningrum; Vena Jaladara; Yayuk Hartriyanti; Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00446

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Map of Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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TABLE 1.

Summary of Telephone Interview Results

Variables	Total Respondents, No. (%) (n=1,644)
Interview frequency per respondent
Once	1,486 (90.39)
More than once	158 (9.61)
Time of interview
Morning	342 (20.80)
Noon	718 (43.67)
Afternoon	584 (35.52)
Duration of interview
Less than 20 minutes	348 (21.17)
20–30 minutes	518 (31.51)
More than 30 minutes	778 (47.32)

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TABLE 2.

Comparison of the Sleman HDSS Respondents’ Characteristics Between In-Person Interviews (Fifth and Seventh Waves) and Phone-Based Interviews (Sixth Wave)

Characteristics	Wave 5 (In-Person), No. (%) (n=4,889)	Wave 6 (Phone-Based), No. (%) (n=1,674)	Wave 7 (In-Person), No. (%) (n=4,529)	P Value^a
Household wealth index				.000
Low	1,945 (40.53)	497 (30.72)	1,733 (40.72)
Medium	1,999 (41.65)	711 (43.94)	1,820 (42.76)
High	855 (17.82)	410 (25.34)	703 (16.52)
Homeownership status				.244
Private property	3,418 (72.52)	1,120 (70.48)	3,085 (72.50)
Rent/other	1,295 (27.48)	469 (29.52)	1,295 (27.50)
Head of household age				.000
Less than 20 years	2 (0.04)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.02)
Early adulthood (20–40 years)	619 (12.66)	221 (13.20)	470 (10.38)
Middle adulthood (41–60 years)	2,596 (53.10)	978 (58.42)	2,376 (52.47)
Late adulthood (>60 years)	1,672 (34.20)	475 (28.38)	1,681 (37.12)
Head of household educational level				.000
Low (no education and elementary school)	1,570 (32.20)	363 (21.72)	1,408 (31.09)
Middle (junior and senior high school)	2,594 (53.20)	969 (57.99)	2,488 (54.93)
High (diploma and higher education)	712 (14.60)	339 (20.29)	633 (13.98)
Head of household employment				.001
Stay-at-home parent and student	176 (3.60)	60 (3.58)	210 (4.64)
Unemployed	499 (10.21)	154 (9.20)	511 (11.28)
Employees and workers	2,050 (41.93)	740 (44.21)	1,877 (41.44)
Retired	466 (9.53)	169 (10.10)	434 (9.78)
Entrepreneur	858 (17.55)	308 (18.40)	750 (16.56)
Service	219 (4.48)	74 (4.42)	188 (4.15)
Farmer-livestock	571 (11.68)	141 (8.42)	480 (10.60)
Other	50 (1.02)	28 (1.67)	70 (1.55)
Region				.231
Urban	4,048 (82.80)	1,414 (84.47)	3,757 (82.95)
Rural	841 (17.20)	260 (15.53)	772 (17.05)
Number of household members				.000
1–2 people	862 (17.63)	234 (13.98)	800 (17.66)
3–5 people	3,175 (64.94)	1,150 (68.70)	2,865 (63.26)
>5 people	852 (17.43)	290 (17.32)	864 (19.08)
Communicable diseases modules
Dengue fever	67 (0.35)	15 (0.22)	19 (0.11)
Crude birth rate^b	7.85	11.3	6.99
Crude death rate^b	0.008	0.010	0.010