Managing chronic conditions in college: Findings from prompted health incidents diaries.

Objective: This pilot study assessed an electronic health diary method designed to collect data about critical health incidents experienced by college students who have chronic health conditions.

Participants: Nine university students with chronic medical conditions were recruited to complete a series of e-mail-based surveys, sent once every 3 days across the fall 2014 semester.

Methods: In each survey, participants described a health-related incident that occurred within the past day and cited resources that helped or could have helped in that situation.