In addition during interviews, interviewers stressed the benefit of screening and directed DUs to near by screening services.
Biases could also have occurred during interviewing because interviewers were unblinded to diagnoses and they could have been more accurate when interviewing cases than when interviewing controls, tending assertively to find exposure.
While participatory approaches focus on the role of power dynamics in the research process, Hoffman [ 18] argues that during interviews both interviewers and interviewees wield these powers at different times and in various ways.
In the case of work ethic questions during job interviews, interviewers are often looking to hire someone who possesses a positive attitude, knows how to be a team player, takes initiative, is adaptable enough to take on a multitude of tasks, is good with time management, and is dedicated to continually learning.
This was performed to facilitate reflective discussions about interview content and the role and influence of the interviewer during the interview, as well as for quality assurance purposes.
Interviews were not transcribed, but notes were taken by the interviewer during the interview.
Of the mothers of the 282 cases and 291 controls who were eligible for interview during the interviewers' working hours, two cases and two control mothers refused to participate.
One interview with an investigator was discarded because the quality of the recording did not permit analysis to be made; another two investigators were unavailable for interview during the interviewers' working hours; and in another two cases contact proved impossible.
If, during the interview, the interviewer sensed that the general condition of the patient was too poor, the interview was cut short.
Respondents answer in their own words, and these answers are coded by the interviewer during the interview.
