Å forske via internett; Muligheter og utfordringer ved bruk av åpen lenke i rekruttering av informanter og innsamling av data

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Internet-based research; the possibilities and challenges involved in using Open Link for informant recruitment and data collection</span></span></span></em></p><p>Summary</p><p><em><span><span><span>This article discusses the methodological challenges involved in using the Internet for informant recruitment and data collection in research targeting a specific audience. The article is based on a study focusing on informal carers of people with health and/or social problems. The objectives were to gain knowledge of informal carers’ responsibilities and tasks, burdens and strain, as well as their collaboration with the Health Care Services. Information about the study was disseminated through Facebook and various web sites in autumn 2011, with an Open Link to a questionnaire. </span></span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">94 women and 14 men participated in the study, 47.3% of whom had a third level education and about 80% had been informal carers for over six years. The majority of respondents were informal carers of people suffering from mental illness, alcohol or drug abuse. Most of the respondents reported that collaboration with the health services was of major importance.</span></span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The main focus of this article is the possibilities and challenges involved in using Open Link in<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong>terms of the sample and credibility of the data.</span></span></span></em></p>

Hadde jeg bare visst…: Pårørendes behov for informasjon i møte med helsetjenesten

“…Survey ble lagt ut med en åpen lenke på Facebook og andre websider, og ga muligheter for å få tak i flere respondenter enn en ellers ville ha gjort. Med en slik form for datainnsamling vil det kunne oppstå skjevheter i utvalget (Sum, Pourghasem & Moshen 2008;Sommerseth og Hanssen 2012), blant annet pga. at en ikke har oversikt over hvem som vil svare.…”

“…Selv om en survey på Facebook og andre websider kan gi mulighet for å få tak i flere respondenter enn en ellers ville ha gjort, medfører det også en del utfordringer knyttet til utvalg (Sum et al 2008;Sommerseth og Hanssen 2012), spesielt når det gjelder skjevheter som kan oppstå.…”