title: Conducting a client-focused survey using e-mail.
abstract: An e-mail listserv was used to recruit participants, administer a survey, send electronic gift certificates, and disseminate the findings of a study of psychological responses to being a carrier of the gene for phenylketonuria, a rare genetic disease. The majority of responses to the call for participants were received within the first 24 hours, and most surveys (n = 83) were returned via e-mail within 5 days. The use of e-mail allowed more opportunities for researcher-participant interaction than Web-based surveys, but the return rate of 51% may reflect concerns about privacy when e-mail addresses are required.
authors.affiliation: William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. readca@.edu.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yetter Read
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015982:Bias; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000592:standards*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States