Subject: Re: flu interviews
From: Wändi Bruine de Bruin <[email-masked]>
To: "Julie Downs" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Mandy B Holbrook" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:02:09 -0500 (EST)

Hi,

These questions are added at the end.
I asked about symptoms so that we can decide whether they did indeed have the flu.

Comments?

Wandi

> Oh, good catch. Yes we should ask whether they have been diagnosed with
> influenza (and make sure that this is separate from other things people
> call flu, like the "stomach flu" which is really gastroenteritis).
> Probably should ask if "ever" and if so, what year was the most recent.
> And demographics: sex, race, hispanic or not, age.
> 
> Wändi, agree? Or any changes? Or exact language to use?
> 
> jd
> 
> On Nov 7, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Mandy B Holbrook wrote:
> 
>> I also noticed in our IRB application we state, "At the end of the
>> interview, participants will be asked basic demographics and questions
>> about their history of the flu and flu- related behaviors. "
>> 
>> In the final version, it looks like we don't ask anything about the 
>> participant's personal flu history.  It may come up as they are 
>> answering other questions, but we might want to just add a question at
>> the end if it doesn't...just something general about how many times they
>> have had the flu?
>> 
>> Mandy
>> 
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