The phrase "an interview was continued" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where an interview that had previously started is being resumed or carried on.
Example: "After a short break, an interview was continued to discuss the candidate's qualifications in more detail."
Alternatives: "the interview was resumed" or "the interview was carried on".
Following a 5-minute period of distraction, during which the interview was continued, the participant was then asked to recall as many of the 10 words as they were able to, giving a delayed recall score out of 10.
When a malaria case is confirmed to have occurred within a month – a period short enough to avoid recall bias – the interview is continued, otherwise, the interview is terminated and the next house selected.
Interviewing was continued until redundancy of ideas.
This process of interviewing was continued until the "saturation" point was reached; i.e., until no new information altered the results already obtained and the names identified by interviewees for additional interviews were repeated [ 33].
Although interviewing was continued until saturation, the small sample size in the current study means it is not possible to infer any differences between the experiences and opinions of the different professions within the research teams.
The messages were modified in an iterative fashion and cognitive interviews were continued until we reached saturation, that is we were not obtaining additional feedback.
The focus groups and interviews were continued until a saturation of themes was established.
Although basic characteristics showed no significant differences between patients with TI and the subset of enrolled patients for the analysis of B2C forms, and in-depth interviews were continued until a point of saturation was reached, this approach might be subject to a selection bias.
Although this study is not intended to present representative results given its qualitative nature, participants were recruited in a number of different ways, and the interviews were continued until well after saturation for both healthcare professionals and mothers, suggesting that the majority of views of BLW in these groups are likely to have been captured.
