Feasibility of a snowball sampling survey to study active surveillance for thyroid microcarcinoma treatment among endocrinologists and surgeons of Brazil
Author(s) -
Isabela Matos da Silva,
Taísa Quécia da Silva Nogueira,
Deborah Nogueira Couto,
Paula Cristina Tanajura Meira Lima,
Natália Sampaio Carvalho Bonfim,
Izadora Gomes Veiga de Sousa,
Ana Clara Tosta Telles,
Fábio Hecht,
Nina Ramalho Alkmim,
Gustavo Penna,
Carolina Ferraz,
Eduardo Tomimori,
Helton Estrela Ramos
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1808-8694
pISSN - 1808-8686
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.01.005
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , medicine , population , sampling (signal processing) , thyroidectomy , family medicine , medical education , environmental health , thyroid , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
This study aims to investigate if a sampling method using virtual networks is feasible to survey AS adoption among this "hard-to-reach" population of Brazilian doctors.
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