School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Adv Nurs. 2012 Jun;68(6):1330-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05843.x. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
This paper describes online recruitment and the email interviewing data collection method with women diagnosed with a viral sexually transmitted infection. The paper highlights the advantages of the method to researchers and participants when conducting research where face-to-face participation may difficult.
Online recruitment and in-depth email interviewing have been used by only a small number of nurses internationally. The method enables inclusion of people who might otherwise be excluded from research, for reasons such as geographical distance, incompatible time frames, clinicians''gate-keeping' and participants' desire for anonymity for physical or emotional reasons.
In-depth email interviews were conducted with 26 women in New Zealand, United States of America, Canada and England who had a diagnosis of either human papilloma virus or genital herpes simplex virus. Data were collected during 2007-2008 and analysed using a poststructuralist, feminist thematic analysis.
Participant retention was high. Women emphasized satisfaction with the process. Asynchronous interviews allowed for additional reflexivity in the researcher's responses and rich data generation.
This method has the potential to enable nurses to include vulnerable and relatively inaccessible participants in 'sensitive' research. In-depth email interviews may generate rich data through a process participants deem to be of personal value.
本文介绍了在线招募和电子邮件访谈数据收集方法，用于研究被诊断患有病毒性性传播感染的女性。本文强调了在面对面参与可能困难的情况下，该方法对研究人员和参与者的优势。
在线招募和深入的电子邮件访谈仅被少数国际护士使用。该方法使那些由于地理距离、不兼容的时间框架、临床医生的“把关”以及参与者出于身体或情感原因希望匿名等原因而可能被排除在研究之外的人能够参与进来。
对来自新西兰、美国、加拿大和英国的 26 名被诊断患有人乳头瘤病毒或单纯疱疹病毒的女性进行了深入的电子邮件访谈。数据收集于 2007 年至 2008 年期间，并使用后结构主义、女性主义主题分析进行分析。
参与者保留率很高。女性强调对该过程的满意度。异步访谈允许研究人员在回复中进行额外的反思，并生成丰富的数据。
这种方法有可能使护士能够将脆弱和相对难以接触的参与者纳入“敏感”研究中。通过参与者认为具有个人价值的过程，深入的电子邮件访谈可以生成丰富的数据。
