Abstract
There is a growing ethical imperative to feedback research results to participants but there remains a striking lack of empirical research on how people respond to individualised feedback. We sought to explore longitudinal study participants’ response to receiving individual written feedback of weight-related and blood results, and to consider the balance of harms against benefits. A qualitative study with face-to-face and telephone interviews conducted with 50 men and women who had participated in the fifth and most recent wave of the cohort study ‘West of Scotland Twenty-07’ and received a feedback letter containing body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, cholesterol and glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) results.
Original language | English |
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Journal | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 10 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- ethics
- methodology
- longitudinal
- qualitative