| Title |
Care Taker Study |
| Introduction |
N=50 Face-to-face interviews were conducted to care takers of a disease to investigate their difficulties and problems during the caring process, and sort of help are useful to them |
| Sample size |
- N=50 |
| Country |
- Hong Kong |
| Recruitment Period |
- 1 week |
| Interviewing length |
- Face to face in-depth interview
- Self complete questionnaire
- Paper-based questionnaire was used
- Showcards were shown for sensitive questions |
| Fieldwork period |
- 1 week |
| Quota |
- 30% of care takers are taking care of patients suffering from a severe level of the disease, 30% moderate level, 40% mild level
- 50% male, 50% female |
| Investigation Area |
- To understand what symptoms were suffered by the patients
- To investigate difficulties and problems suffered by the care takers
- To gauge the opinions from the respondents on what can be done to help them
- Showcards were used to ask sensitive questions e.g. symptoms |
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