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Please help our research on the use of online health forums!

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hfan

Hi everyone,

 

My name is Hanmei. I am a researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia and currently working on a project investigating the use of online health forums. The aim of the study is to verify whether medical conditions can affect the use of online health forums. Drawn from the literature and findings from our previous research, we hypothesise that patients with minor and non-chronic illnesses are more likely to engage in an information-centred strategy while patients with severe and chronic illnesses are more likely to engage in a people-centred strategy. If the hypothesis is supported, the finding from this study can potentially advise the management of online health forums to strategically direct their resource to render more targeting service, based on different types of medical conditions. That is why we need people from a wide range of medical background and multiple sclerosis is one type of conditions that we are looking for.

 

We are very interested in learning about your opinions and experience. We would like to invite voluntary participants:

 

- who are patients or care givers,

 

- have visited MS People UK forum in the past 7 days,

 

to complete a 30-minute online survey. Participants will be asked about their perception of the message and the person that they have the best memory of during their most recent visit to the forum.

 

This study has been approved by the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee (#1238574). To access the survey, please visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/ohforum.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at h.fan at student.unimelb.edu.au.

 

If you know someone who fit into the criteria and would like to participate, please forward the message or the links above.

 

You can indicate whether you would like to receive a copy of the findings and you will receive an email from us approximately in March or April next year.

 

Thank you very much for your time and support!

 

This message has been approved by the Administration of MS People UK forum.

 

Warm regards,

 

Hanmei Fan

PhD Candidate

Department of Computer and Information Systems

University of Melbourne

http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/hanmeif/

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Scully

Have completed the survey. It's doesn't take 30 minutes to complete.

 

Scully

 


They are not brain lesions..........they are just bright ideas

 

"The truth is out there"

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hfan

Thanks for your support and the feedback Scully!

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angela

Also completed, but it took me longer than thirty minutes.

 

Angela


Give a woman the right shoes and she can conquer the world! Bette Midler.

 

 

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hfan

Thank you very much Angela. If you don't mind, could you please tell me what cause the overtime? Is the survey too long, ambiguous wording, hard to follow, or something else? Thanks so much for your support!

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Great Dane

Completed your survey - took less than 30 mins to completed.

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hfan

Thank you very much Great Dane!!

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hfan

Thank everyone very much for reading the recruiting invitation. Also, I want to extend my gratitude to those who have taken time to complete the survey. At this moment, I still need a couple of more participants so if you haven't done it, please take a bit time to help us. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I really appreciate your generous support and help! :wave3:

 

Hanmei

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Stumbler

Here's another contribution then.

 

:moonieman:


John aka Stumbler (as I do fall over!)

Illegitimi non carborundum

 

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming... "Wow! What a ride!"

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hfan

Thank you very much Stumbler :wavebunny:

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hfan

Hi everyone,

 

Thank everyone who have read and participated in the study. We're at the last stage of data collection and the survey will be closed on Nov. 30. If you just saw the invitation and are interested in the research, you still have time to partake. For further questions, please contact me at h.fan at student.unimelb.edu.au.

 

I truly appreciate everyone's support and help. Once the study is done, I'll email the findings to those who request it. Thank you very much for your generous support!

 

Hanmei :wave3:


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hfan

Hi everyone,

 

I'm writing to update you the outcome of the research I conducted last November. I just finished the study recently and I've prepared a study summary that you can download at http://hanmeifan.com/index.php?page=research_studies. If you have any feedback or comment, please feel free to contact me or leave your thought at the commenting area on my website. If you are interested in my research, please stay tune and come back check out my website in the future. Thank you all for your generous support. I'm very grateful:)

 

p.s. For participants who requested a copy of result, I will email you a copy very shortly.

 

Hanmei

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