title: Preference of continuing care staff for electronic surveys.
abstract: Do care staff feel they participate in too much research, and are electronic surveys a convenient way of collecting data? Care staff at Canada's largest public provider of facility-based continuing care were asked these questions in a questionnaire (i.e., electronic survey or paper survey) developed for this study. A total of 25 nursing managers and 32 other professional care staff indicated that they preferred electronic surveys and were satisfied with the extent of their research participation. They also indicated that workload was the main deterrent to their research participation. Use of electronic surveys could positively affect the researcher/care staff relationship that is so important to the quality of health-care research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. gmcfall@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: G Peggy
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mcfall
authors.forename: Doris L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Milke
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009042:Motivation; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology