title: A review of 5 existing guidelines for planning focus groups in GP research.
abstract: The use of a focus group as a research method has become increasingly common in general practice related studies. Although existing guidelines for planning focus groups are very useful, a review of these guidelines indicate that a few of them are vague and need further elaboration. The authors review five existing guidelines for planning focus groups. These are size, number, duration, format and composition of a focus group. Suggestions have been made to address the uncertainties in these areas when a focus group is used. This paper was a section of manuscript presented at the 2nd International Qualitative Health Research Conference on 11 June 1994, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.affiliation: Southern Sydney Area Health Service.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D017144:Focus Groups; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D012106:Research