Im Eun-Ok, Chee Wonshik
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78701, USA.
Comput Inform Nurs. 2004 Sep-Oct;22(5):289-97. doi: 10.1097/00024665-200409000-00009.
Despite an increasing amount of Internet research, issues in recruitment for studies in this environment rarely have been discussed. The purpose of this article is to provide some future directions for participant recruitment via the Internet, based on the experiences of recruiting participants for three Internet survey studies. The issues in the recruitment process include those related to low response rates, selected groups of participants, the importance of timing, and potential ethical issues. Based on the discussion of the issues, the following suggestions are proposed for future recruitment through the Internet: use of creative motivation strategies; sensitivity to the gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of potential participants; consideration of the timing of data collection; and sensitivity to potential ethical issues.
尽管互联网研究的数量不断增加，但在这种环境下进行研究的招募问题却很少被讨论。本文旨在根据三项互联网调查研究的参与者招募经验，为通过互联网招募参与者提供一些未来的方向。招募过程中的问题包括与低回复率、特定参与者群体、时间安排的重要性以及潜在的伦理问题相关的问题。基于对这些问题的讨论，为未来通过互联网进行招募提出了以下建议：使用创造性的激励策略；对潜在参与者的性别、种族和社会经济地位保持敏感；考虑数据收集的时间；以及对潜在伦理问题保持敏感。
