Lauren Heathcote, PhD Profile picture
Psychological Scientist. Pain, Psycho-Oncology, Behavioral Medicine. @KingsIoPPN📍 Alum @StanfordMed & @UniofOxford.
Sep 14, 2020 5 tweets 6 min read
Do #qualitative interviews cause #distress when used for sensitive topics and/or in sensitive populations?
A thread (& case study with #cancer #survivors).
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2/5 #Qualitative research is ideally suited to gain rich insights into human experience, including those with medical conditions and at-risk groups.

But, one #barrier to conducting #qualitative interviews is concern (often from physicians or IRB/ethics) of causing #distress