Firstly to the more than 450 women who have already participated in the study thank you so much for taking the time to be part of the survey. The hardest part of studying human behaviour is getting people to participate and provide information. The research team really appreciates your support.
Secondly thanks for your feedback on response/questions, either by directly contacting me via email or by commenting on the BCNA post. We really appreciate your feedback (information – this is what we are trying to capture, information on women’s experiences through the breast cancer journey), all of which will be incorporated into the study to the best of our ability.
I’m sorry if any participants felt parts of the survey were restrictive, we tried to do the best we could with the survey trying to capture as much information as we could. Obviously online surveys (Quantitative research) are far more restrictive than one-to-one interviews (Qualitative research) and we were restricted by our limited funding and went with an online survey to try and get as much info from as many breast cancer patients as we could.
Thanks to all who have taken the time to reach out and be part of our study, we really appreciate it. The study’s results will be made freely available when completed in early 2019. For those who participated and selected this option you’ll be sent an anonymised breakdown of the descriptive statistics directly via email.
Please feel free to share the study via any social media or breast cancer charities/organisations you are associated with, or with anyone else you think may like to participate. The study will be open for about another 7 weeks until Jan 31st 2019.
Thanks for your help, wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas/NY holiday break,
Steve
Dr Stephen Whyte
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Economics & Finance | QUT Business School |
Queensland University of Technology
Email: sg.whyte@qut.edu.au