title: Seeing both the forest and the trees: a process for tracking individual responses in focus group interviews.
abstract: Focus groups are a popular component of nursing research. While they have their advantages, a number of disadvantages are apparent, such as the difficulty involved in capturing individual responses. The use of a tracking sheet would allow the researcher to identify individual responses, and thus produce separate transcripts for each participant, which can be forwarded for verification or discussion. The advantage of this approach is that the researcher is able to obtain an account from individuals in addition to the group account.
authors.affiliation: Victoria University, Australia.
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Happell
mesh_terms: D017144:Focus Groups; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research