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Electronic surveys: how to maximise success

24 January 2014

Nurse Researcher

Data collection

Aim To draw on the researchers’ experience of developing and distributing a UK-wide electronic survey. The evolution of electronic surveys in healthcare research...

Nurses as participants in research: an evaluation of recruitment techniques

19 September 2017

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Recruitment and retention of participants, as well as response rates, can be challenging in nursing research. This can be because of the questions asked;...

Maximising nurses’ and midwives’ response rates to surveys

18 December 2017

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative...

Is ‘Dear colleague’ enough? Improving response rates in surveys of healthcare professionals

14 September 2015

Nurse Researcher

Engaging participants

Aim To explain a strategy to improve response rates from healthcare professionals to a postal survey in the Republic of Ireland. Background Response rates to surveys...