This paper will discuss methods for user-friendly referrals, recruitment criteria, data storage and dissemination, biological sample and clinical questionnaire collection, and advertising.
Methods for choosing a questionnaire; collection and presentation of results; timing and frequency of administration as well as clinician training methods to aid the ability of clinicians to integrate the use of PROs into their own practice are described.
For patient experience, questionnaire collection was commenced in October 2010 to January 2011 (pre re-configuration) and post reconfiguration questionnaire collection was performed from July 2011 to May 2012.
Telephone and email were used for following up with questionnaire collection.
Participation was voluntary and anonymous collection and data analysis was guaranteed through anonymous questioning, questionnaire collection, and analysis.
Interviewers checked all written responses to ensure that there were no unanswered questions at the time of questionnaire collection.
The first call was made a day before the questionnaires were sent in order to explain the purpose of the study and to give instructions for questionnaire collection.
An interviewer checked all written responses in order to ensure that there were no unanswered questions at the time of questionnaire collection.
During the process of questionnaire collection, we also sent out informed consent form to 308 eligible nurses to be sure that they agreed to participate in this survey.
