How does qualitative data collection modality affect disclosure of sensitive information and participant experience? Findings from a quasi-experimental study.

Online qualitative research Qualitative data collection Research participant experience Sensitive information

Journal

Quality & quantity
ISSN: 0033-5177
Titre abrégé: Qual Quant
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 1245762

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
accepted: 04 08 2021
pubmed: 9 9 2021
medline: 9 9 2021
entrez: 8 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Focus groups (FGs) and individual interviews (IDIs) can be conducted in-person or in several different online contexts. We conducted a quasi-experimental study and assessed sharing of sensitive or dissenting information and participant comfort in FGs and IDIs across four modalities: (1) in-person, (2) online video-based, (3) online chat-based (synchronous), and (4) online email/message board-based (asynchronous). Participants were systematically assigned to one of the four modalities and randomized to one of 24 FGs or 48 IDIs (

Identifiants

pubmed: 34493878
doi: 10.1007/s11135-021-01217-4
pii: 1217
pmc: PMC8412398
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

2341-2360

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interestThe authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Auteurs

Emily Namey (E)

FHI 360, Behavioral, Epidemiological, and Clinical Sciences, Durham, NC USA.

Greg Guest (G)

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), Chapel Hill, NC USA.

Amy O'Regan (A)

Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA.

Christine L Godwin (CL)

FHI 360, Behavioral, Epidemiological, and Clinical Sciences, Durham, NC USA.

Jamilah Taylor (J)

Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA.

Andres Martinez (A)

FHI 360, Behavioral, Epidemiological, and Clinical Sciences, Durham, NC USA.

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