We discuss the methods we employed to ensure data quality and avoid potential biases, and the implications of our findings for broader application of interview survey methods.
Results over the course of training suggested that family members improved in the use of certain coping strategies and in the application of motivational interviewing techniques.
As a group the nurses will discuss the simulated consultations to examine and review application of motivational interviewing techniques.
Here, the process of developing and testing multiple PILs for a specific patient population is explained, with particular focus on the application of cognitive interviewing techniques to test the clarity and suitability of the information.
In conclusion, previous studies of PDs in SUD patients have some limitations: the selection of convenience samples, the mixture of patients with different treatment histories, the use of lay interviewers, and the application of diagnostic interviews of nonoptimal validity and reliability in comorbid SUD, Axis I, or Axis II disorders.
The appropriateness and practical application of the interview guides was tested in four pilot interviews with district representatives and staff from the Ministry of Health.
The study coordinator and three of the principal investigators were involved with the creation of the job description, reviewing of applications, and interviewing all candidates.
Our work offers an example of the application of qualitative interviews for exploring the essence of quality of everyday life for Estonian rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
The aims of this study are twofold: (1) the theory-based development of a patient self-report measure of physician warmth; and (2) the application of cognitive interview methodology to understand patients' perception and interpretation of this new measure.
The diagnostic algorithm for ADHD used the following criteria: (i) 6 or more ADHD symptoms in either domain from retrospective childhood rating scales; (ii) 4 or more ADHD symptoms from either domain from current ADHD symptom rating scales; (iii) Research diagnosis of DSM-IV ADHD following application of diagnostic interview for DSM-IV ADHD.
