Worth A, Tierney A J
Nursing Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
J Adv Nurs. 1993 Jul;18(7):1077-84. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18071077.x.
Telephone interviews were employed by nurse researchers as a means of collecting data from elderly people following their discharge from hospital. The paper reviews the literature concerning interviews with elderly patients by telephone and recounts first-hand experience of the method on the basis of over 500 telephone interviews. Although some difficulties were encountered in conducting interviews with the hearing-impaired and the unwell, the method was found to be a cost-effective and useful means of obtaining follow-up data for research purposes. The prime factor in ensuring successful use of the method was the recruitment of subjects via personal interview prior to telephone contact.
护士研究人员采用电话访谈的方式，从老年人出院后收集数据。本文回顾了有关通过电话访谈老年患者的文献，并根据500多次电话访谈的第一手经验讲述了该方法。尽管在对听力受损和身体不适的患者进行访谈时遇到了一些困难，但该方法被认为是一种具有成本效益且有用的手段，可用于获取研究所需的随访数据。确保该方法成功使用的主要因素是在电话联系之前通过个人访谈招募受试者。
