"Do I really want to do this?" Longitudinal cohort study participants' perspectives on postal survey design: A qualitative study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Harcombe, Helen ^a   Derrett, Sarah ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a   McBride, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79251541769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-8     Document Type: Article

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