Using internet discussion boards as virtual focus groups

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-286

  Moloney, Margaret F ^a   Dietrich, Alexa S ^b   Strickland, Ora ^a   Myerburg, Stuart ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Internet; Menopause; Migraine headaches; Perimenopause; Qualitative research; Women's health; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

CLIMACTERIUM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

CLIMACTERIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NURSING RESEARCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 7544238805     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200310000-00005     Document Type: Review

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