Battling the Bots and Defending Against Fraudulent Responses in an International Community-Engaged Web-Based Survey With People Living With Long COVID: Methodological Study

Kiera McDuff, Tai-Te Su, Darren A Brown, Jessica M Martin, Soo Chan Carusone, Sarah O'Connell, Imelda O'Donovan, Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan, Liam Townsend, Susie Goulding, Mary Kelly, Lisa McCorkell, Hannah Wei, Margaret O'Hara, Leticia Soares, Lisa Avery, Ciaran Bannan, Colm Bergin, Richard Harding, Julia Nathanson, Patricia Solomon, Angela M Cheung, Jaimie Vera, Kelly K O'Brien

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DOI: 10.2196/88838
Published: 2026-07-23
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@article{allodium:10.2196/88838,
  title = {Battling the Bots and Defending Against Fraudulent Responses in an International Community-Engaged Web-Based Survey With People Living With Long COVID: Methodological Study},
  author = {Kiera McDuff and Tai-Te Su and Darren A Brown and Jessica M Martin and Soo Chan Carusone and Sarah O'Connell and Imelda O'Donovan and Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan and Liam Townsend and Susie Goulding and Mary Kelly and Lisa McCorkell and Hannah Wei and Margaret O'Hara and Leticia Soares and Lisa Avery and Ciaran Bannan and Colm Bergin and Richard Harding and Julia Nathanson and Patricia Solomon and Angela M Cheung and Jaimie Vera and Kelly K O'Brien},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of Medical Internet Research},
  doi = {10.2196/88838},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/88838}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Battling the Bots and Defending Against Fraudulent Responses in an International Community-Engaged Web-Based Survey With People Living With Long COVID: Methodological Study
AU  - Kiera McDuff
AU  - Tai-Te Su
AU  - Darren A Brown
AU  - Jessica M Martin
AU  - Soo Chan Carusone
AU  - Sarah O'Connell
AU  - Imelda O'Donovan
AU  - Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan
AU  - Liam Townsend
AU  - Susie Goulding
AU  - Mary Kelly
AU  - Lisa McCorkell
AU  - Hannah Wei
AU  - Margaret O'Hara
AU  - Leticia Soares
AU  - Lisa Avery
AU  - Ciaran Bannan
AU  - Colm Bergin
AU  - Richard Harding
AU  - Julia Nathanson
AU  - Patricia Solomon
AU  - Angela M Cheung
AU  - Jaimie Vera
AU  - Kelly K O'Brien
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of Medical Internet Research
DO  - 10.2196/88838
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/88838
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McDuff, K., Su, T., Brown, D. A., Martin, J. M., Carusone, S. C., O'Connell, S., O'Donovan, I., Clair-Sullivan, N. S., Townsend, L., Goulding, S., Kelly, M., McCorkell, L., Wei, H., O'Hara, M., Soares, L., Avery, L., Bannan, C., Bergin, C., Harding, R., Nathanson, J., Solomon, P., Cheung, A. M., Vera, J., & O'Brien, K. K. (2026). Battling the Bots and Defending Against Fraudulent Responses in an International Community-Engaged Web-Based Survey With People Living With Long COVID: Methodological Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/88838

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