Qualitative researchers are increasingly using online data collection methods, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. I compared quality (i.e., interview duration, average number of themes and sub-themes, inaudible words) 34 interviews (29 conducted by Zoom (16 with camera on, 13 off) 5 phone) drawn from a study focusing on youth’s coping experiences Findings showed that phone had longer dura...

This study compared interview and telephone surveys to select the better method for regularly estimating nationwide vaccination coverage rates in Korea. Interview surveys using multi-stage cluster sampling and telephone surveys using stratified random sampling were conducted. Nationwide coverage rates were estimated in subjects with vaccination cards in the interview survey. The interview surve...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether medication counseling with emphasis on auxiliary labels improves recall of auxiliary label information and adherence to medication schedules. METHODS A prospective, randomized study of an educational intervention in community pharmacies near Baltimore, Maryland. Fifty literate, English-speaking adults receiving one of the 18 commonly dispensed antibiotics were rand...

This study examines the process and effects of using facebook (FB) to locate and re-contact study participants targeted for follow up in a longitudinal study of adult methamphetamine users (N = 649). A follow-up interview was conducted in 2009-11 approximately 8 years after previous study participation. Our paper describes re-contact efforts involving FB, including IRB regulatory issues and the...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the rates of complications of pelvic organ prolapse repair and to determine their risk factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 677 patients operated for pelvic organ prolapse with trocar guided Prolift mesh. Patients were followed up within 1 and 3 months. A phone interview was conducted and patients with complaints were invited and evaluated in office settin...

BACKGROUND Sixty percent of patients with irritable bowel disease (IBS) are hypersensitive to rectal distension. It is uncertain to what extend the identification of this abnormality has an impact in the clinical outcome. OBJECTIVE to evaluate if rectal hypersensitivity is associated with a different clinical outcome, prognosis and use of medical resources. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients wit...

Using a new Current Population Survey (CPS) supplement on landline and cell-phone service and use as the investigative context, this case study explores relationships between presurvey evaluation data (drawn from cognitive interviews and a questionnaire appraisal coding system) and post-survey evaluation data (drawn from behavior coding and interviewer debriefings). Using qualitative data from ...

Internet technology has become a major communication channel throughout the industrialized world. Hundreds of radio channels, videos, and news stories flash across the World Wide Web’s electronic pipelines, but most ubiquitous of all is the use of email. With penetration rates now well over 50 percent, this communication technology is reaching the end of the early majority stage of adoption. Si...