Advantages of asynchronous online focus groups and face-to-face focus groups as perceived by child, adolescent and adult participants: A survey study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zwaanswijk, Marieke ^a   Van Dulmen, Sandra ^a,b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advantages; Face to face focus groups; Online focus groups; Perceptions; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932094068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-756     Document Type: Review

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