Interviewer | |
Which authors conducted the interviews | ARH |
Qualifications | MSc, PhD |
Occupation at the time of the study | Research Fellow |
Gender | Female |
Experience and training | MSc in Advanced Social Research Methods (2001); lead researcher on three studies involving mixed quantitative and qualitative research methods (2003–13) |
Relationship with participants | No previous relationship |
Interviews | |
Setting | Private room on hospital premises |
Presence of non-participants | No |
Duration | Half an hour |
Consent | Consent obtained at time of interview |
Audiovisual recording | All interviews audio recorded with participant consent |
Transcription | Interviews were transcribed by qualified professionals and checked for accuracy by ARH |
Transcripts returned | All interviewees offered a copy of transcript |