Preparatory Studies to a Population-Based Survey of Suicide-Bereaved Parents in Sweden

Abstract

By involving parents early in the research process we were able to create a questionnaire that generated a high participation rate in a nationwide population-based study that might help us to answer our hypotheses about bereavement after suicide.

Sexual function in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—a population-based study

“…A total of 122 participants declined participation, and 67 did not complete the questionnaire. The study group consisted of 285 survivors of cancer during adolescence and young adulthood, with the mean age of 28 (range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], and the control group consisted of 255 participants with the mean age of 28 (range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. There were no differences between the groups, except regarding education, where the controls had a significantly higher educational level than the cancer survivors.…”

“…The method has been used in more than 20 data collections focusing on cancer and survivorship [16][17][18][19][20][21]. The study-specific questionnaire was validated in several steps including comments from experts, researchers, clinicians, and patients to test the comprehension of the questions and to see if the main specific areas were covered.…”

“…Cancer in adolescents and young adults, AYA (ages [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] is less common than in older adults. Research has been conducted on the AYA population only in the past decade [1,2].…”

Is preoperative physical activity related to post-surgery recovery?—a cohort study of colorectal cancer patients

“…An expert panel consisting of surgeons, cardiologist and physical therapist, statisticians and nurses specialized in surgery developed the questionnaire using validated questions regarding physical and mental recovery. The entire questionnaire was face-toface validated by patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery and research nurses, using validation methods described previously [18,23]. A research nurse contacted all patients before sending the postoperative questionnaires 3 and 6 weeks postoperatively.…”

“…Alcohol consumption was measured with a modified AUDIT-C scale adopted from Steineck et al [18,23]. Each answer was given a score, similarly to AUDIT-C.…”