Improving Surveys by Sharing Knowledge
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Abstract: The National Center for Health Statistics Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research conducted a cognitive interview study to evaluate questions intended for inclusion on the 2025 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and for revisions made to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2024 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) optional caregiving module. The study was conducted in collaboration with the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Questions were included on the following topics: caregiving status, relationship, care recipient condition, care tasks, caregiving intensity, caregiving duration, and effects of caregiving on the caregiver’s financial and emotional wellbeing. During the summer of 2023, 29 English-speaking adult respondents took part in one-on-one cognitive interviews. This report includes a high-level description of key themes that were apparent across questions sets, as well a summary of the findings related to the performance of each question evaluated.
MacFadyen, A., Wilmot, A. Cognitive Interview Evaluation of Questions on Caregiving. National Center for Health Statistics - CCQDER. Q-Bank. 2024. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/QBank/Report.aspx?1248