A review of how to conduct a surgical survey using a questionnaire

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Hing, C B ^a   Smith, T O ^b   Hooper, L ^b   Song, F ^b   Donell, S T ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Questionnaire; Review; Survey

Indexed keywords

FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW; HEALTH SURVEY; INCENTIVE; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE APPEARANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE ORDER; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; REWARD; SURGICAL SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VALIDITY;

DATA COLLECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79956078853     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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