Online focus group for qualitative research data collection: experience report

Alves, José Gerfeson; Braga, Lorena Pinheiro; Souza, Carolaine da Silva; Pereira, Emanuelly Vieira; Mendonça, Glícia Uchôa Gomes; Oliveira, Camila Almeida Neves de; Costa, Edmara Chaves; Sousa, Leilane Barbosa de

doi:10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2022-0447en

José Gerfeson Alves

study design

data acquisition

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira. Redenção, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0364-3151

Lorena Pinheiro Braga

study design

data acquisition

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade Regional do Cariri. Iguatu, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-1784

Carolaine da Silva Souza

study design

data acquisition

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira. Redenção, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6369-5749

Emanuelly Vieira Pereira

study design

data acquisition

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade Regional do Cariri. Iguatu, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1457-6281

Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça

study design

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade Regional do Cariri. Iguatu, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-1265

Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira

study design

data acquisition

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade Regional do Cariri. Iguatu, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3674-2378

Edmara Chaves Costa

study design

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira. Redenção, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-6681

Leilane Barbosa de Sousa

study design

data analysis

interpretation of results

writing

critical revision of the manuscript

approval of the final version of the article

responsibility for all aspects of the content

and the integrity of the published article

Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira. Redenção, CE, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-6255

Corresponding author: José Gerfeson Alves gerfesondip@gmail.com

AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTIONS

Study design: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Carolaine da Silva Souza. Emanuelly Vieira Pereira. Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira. Edmara Chaves Costa. Leilane Barbosa de Sousa.

Data acquisition: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira.

Data analysis and interpretation of results: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Carolaine da Silva Souza. Emanuelly Vieira Pereira. Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira. Edmara Chaves Costa. Leilane Barbosa de Sousa.

Writing and critical revision of the manuscript: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Carolaine da Silva Souza. Emanuelly Vieira Pereira. Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira. Edmara Chaves Costa. Leilane Barbosa de Sousa.

Approval of the final version of the article: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Carolaine da Silva Souza. Emanuelly Vieira Pereira. Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira. Edmara Chaves Costa. Leilane Barbosa de Sousa.

Responsibility for all aspects of the content and the integrity of the published article: José Gerfeson Alves. Lorena Pinheiro Braga. Carolaine da Silva Souza. Emanuelly Vieira Pereira. Glícia Uchôa Gomes Mendonça. Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira. Edmara Chaves Costa. Leilane Barbosa de Sousa.

ASSOCIATED EDITOR

Antonio José Almeida Filho 0000-0002-2547-9906

SCIENTIFIC EDITOR

Marcelle Miranda da Silva0000-0003-4872-7252

Planning:
✔ Virtual environment meeting.
✔ Development of the online focus group script.
✔ Evaluations of the structure and organization in an attempt to make necessary changes.

One month earlier:
✔ Issuing an invitation in digital format to participants.
✔ Obtaining consent from the participants.
✔ Providing a characterization form to the participants.
✔ Scheduling a day and time to conduct the online focus group.

One day earlier:
✔ Forwarding reminders of the online focus group schedule.

On the day:
✔ Online moderators 10 minutes before the scheduled time.
✔ Adding the day's participants to the online focus group.
✔ Availability of information about the online focus group.
✔ Opening of the online focus group at the scheduled time (4:00 pm).
✔ Posting the questions in an image, with time for answers, keeping the focus on the discussion.
✔ End of the online focus group discussion.
✔ Thanking the participants.
✔ Removal of participants from the online focus group.
✔ Evaluation of the mediators.
✔ Organization of the collected material by downloading the data for analysis.

Exam Nomenclature:
(1) How do you title the cervical cancer (CC) prevention test? What about the women?

Remarks on performing the exam:
(2) How do women report experiencing/experiencing the preventive exam?
(3) What feelings are observed in women before, during, and after the exam?

Performing the exam:
(4) Do you provide information about the exam before performing it? About what?
(5) In your opinion, what causes women not to have the exam?
(6) Do you implement any means to encourage the performance of the exam?
(7) What could be done to improve the adherence of women to this exam?
(8) What is your opinion about health promotion on this topic?

Educational game:
(9) Would you use an educational game as a guide for health education on this topic? Why would you use it?
(10) What content would you suggest to compose the educational game?

INFORMATION AND RULES
✔ At 4:50 pm it will be open for messages to answer possible questions.
✔ The debate will start at 5pm.
✔ It will last an average of one hour.
✔ It will be conducted by three mediators.
✔ For the development of the debate, some questions related to the prevention of cervical cancer and the relevance of developing technologies to promote women's health on this issue will be proposed.
✔ The participants will be able to insert “emojis” into the text to simulate expressions, feelings, and emotions they experience.
✔ Participants will be asked to answer the questions, and they can discuss the opinions of others.
✔ The questions will be available as a picture.
✔ Discussions may be conducted in text and audio at the discretion of the participant.
✔ If there is no discussion of the issues raised, the mediators may make comments or ask questions of the participants. These will be in text and bold.
✔ Before ending each question, at the request of the mediator, participants will be asked to send an emoji representing their expression on the subject discussed.
✔ To begin the discussion of each question, the following emoji will be inserted “🟢” and to end “🔴”.
✔ After the end of the online focus group, the participants will not be able to send messages to the group and will later be removed intending the effectiveness of the research.

[1] Corresponding author: José Gerfeson Alves gerfesondip@gmail.com

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Online focus group for qualitative research data collection: experience report

Abstract

Objective

Method

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Conclusion and implications for practice