Although we did not systematically collect data on the frequency of this practice, comments from the field indicated that this would occur when contact tracers were concerned that the introduction of foreign technology could affect their trust with community members, who may have found the act of data collection, especially through unfamiliar equipment, strange or threatening.
As well as the questionnaire survey, which revealed a very low rate of hand-washing, we also made a count of latrines equipped with hand-washing facilities, to obtain an indirect estimate of the frequency of this practice.
In my investigations, I uncovered admissions by teachers and students alike attesting to the frequency of this practice.
Table 1 shows the data collection methods, and how they complemented each other to seek a holistic understanding of intravaginal and menstrual practices and influences upon them.> Quantitative methods included the use of structured interview data to describe and identify factors associated with intravaginal and menstrual practices, and coital diary data to record the frequency of these practices.
Various forms of expansion were planned: Increasing the range of participants involved in the MDTM Increasing the scope of patients and subjects to be covered Increasing the frequency of the meetings The practice will open up further discussion at multi-disciplinary meetings to include more LTC patients and if appropriate will add to the palliative care register.
(K7) Increasing the range of participants involved in the MDTM Increasing the scope of patients and subjects to be covered Increasing the frequency of the meetings The practice will open up further discussion at multi-disciplinary meetings to include more LTC patients and if appropriate will add to the palliative care register.
While several studies have provided reliable estimates about the frequency and characteristics of the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands [ 9], this is the first study providing an overview of how euthanasia is described and debated in Dutch newspapers.
In order to bolster the qualitative reports with data from another source, we administered a self-developed questionnaire assessing the frequency of mindfulness practice and the participants' satisfaction with the individual mindfulness exercises (body scan, sitting meditation, yoga, three-minute breathing-space).
The questions in the survey pertain mainly to the frequency of TM practice, its form and the patient's opinion of this practice.
