Dear Jacqui
Maybe you can use an informed consent form, where you explain that they are agreeing to participated in the study when they send you back the survey, since you are trying to keep their anonymity, you will ask them only to sing the consent with a participant number.
Is only a thought.
Best,
Maria
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:36:49 +0100
> From: Jacqui Hart <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>
> Hi All
>
> I am planning on conducting a survey with participants who are unlikely to
> be able to access the internet, so paper and pencil questionnaires are the
> order of the day. I need to ensure complete anonymity due to the sensitive
> nature of the content. The surveys will be handed out by a third party who
> is in contact with the potential participants. Returning them to me is not
> an issue as I will provide pre-paid self-addressed envelopes.
> The problem is that I cannot think how to demonstrate informed consent
> without asking participants to sign either a consent form or the
> information sheet (which will obviously put paid to complete anonymity).
>
>
> Would be really grateful for any ideas.
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Jacqui
>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:51:51 +0100
> From: Fleur-Michelle Coiffait <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 11:23:18 -0500
> From: "Brian K. Saxby" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>
> Hi Jacqui,
>
> If Fleur-Michelle's method is not sufficient and you absolutely have to
> have signed consent forms, you can have the signed forms sent to a
> different location to be held under lock-and-key, linked only by a
> random code printed on the response form and consent form. This ensures
> the anonymity of the responses at least, if technically not
> participation overall. If you do though, it's worth explaining that it
> is a requirement that you're doing it this way, and it also allows you
> to disseminate the study results back to your participants if they
> opt-in to receive that info.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> On 09/Jul/2012 10:36, Jacqui Hart wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am planning on conducting a survey with participants who are
>> unlikely to be able to access the internet, so paper and pencil
>> questionnaires are the order of the day. I need to ensure complete
>> anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the content. The surveys will
>> be handed out by a third party who is in contact with the potential
>> participants. Returning them to me is not an issue as I will provide
>> pre-paid self-addressed envelopes.
>>
>> The problem is that I cannot think how to demonstrate informed consent
>> without asking participants to sign either a consent form or the
>> information sheet (which will obviously put paid to complete anonymity).
>> Would be really grateful for any ideas.
>> Many thanks in advance
>>
>> Jacqui
>>
>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:05:12 +0100
> From: "Scott, Sarah E" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>
> Hi Jacqui,
>
>
>
> Could you perhaps ask the third party to get the participants to sign a
> consent form when they hand out the questionnaires and at that point
> assign a unique ID number to each participant? This ID number could then
> be written on the questionnaire booklets so that each questionnaire is
> anonymous.
>
>
>
> A database of ID codes and corresponding names should be kept separate
> to the questionnaire data to ensure anonymity.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
>
>
> Miss Sarah Scott
>
> Lead Macmillan Patient Information Navigator and Research Assistant
>
> Edinburgh Cancer Centre
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> Subject: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
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>
>
> Hi All
>
> I am planning on conducting a survey with participants who are unlikely
> to be able to access the internet, so paper and pencil questionnaires
> are the order of the day. I need to ensure complete anonymity due to the
> sensitive nature of the content. The surveys will be handed out by a
> third party who is in contact with the potential participants. Returning
> them to me is not an issue as I will provide pre-paid self-addressed
> envelopes.
>
> The problem is that I cannot think how to demonstrate informed consent
> without asking participants to sign either a consent form or the
> information sheet (which will obviously put paid to complete anonymity).
>
>
>
>
>
> Would be really grateful for any ideas.
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Jacqui
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:29:24 +0100
> From: Jessica Donohoe <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>
> Hi all
>
> Please can I be removed from this mailing list?
>
> Thank you
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> On 9 Jul 2012, at 17:05, "Scott, Sarah E" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jacqui,
>>
>> Could you perhaps ask the third party to get the participants to sign a consent form when they hand out the questionnaires and at that point assign a unique ID number to each participant? This ID number could then be written on the questionnaire booklets so that each questionnaire is anonymous.
>>
>> A database of ID codes and corresponding names should be kept separate to the questionnaire data to ensure anonymity.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>> Miss Sarah Scott
>> Lead Macmillan Patient Information Navigator and Research Assistant
>> Edinburgh Cancer Centre
>> 0131 537 3742 (internal line - 33742)
>>
>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ARC_HLI
>>
>> From: Research of postgraduate psychologists. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui Hart
>> Sent: 09 July 2012 16:37
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am planning on conducting a survey with participants who are unlikely to be able to access the internet, so paper and pencil questionnaires are the order of the day. I need to ensure complete anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the content. The surveys will be handed out by a third party who is in contact with the potential participants. Returning them to me is not an issue as I will provide pre-paid self-addressed envelopes.
>>
>> The problem is that I cannot think how to demonstrate informed consent without asking participants to sign either a consent form or the information sheet (which will obviously put paid to complete anonymity).
>>
>>
>> Would be really grateful for any ideas.
>> Many thanks in advance
>> Jacqui
>>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 22:04:39 +0100
> From: Jacqui Hart <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Help and advice re: anonymous paper surveys
>
> Thank you so much to everyone who replied to my e-mail and for all the very
> helpful suggestions.
>
> best wishes
> Jacqui
>
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