Open AccessMelanoma Task Force (META) Project in Italy: Methodology
Author(s) -
Elisa Mingozzi,
Stefania Fregosi,
Sara Gandini,
Ignazio Stanganelli,
Vanna Chiarion-Sileni,
Alessandro Testori
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
dermatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1421-9832
pISSN - 1018-8665
DOI - 10.1159/000348858
Subject(s) - interview , medicine , task force , family medicine , law , public administration , political science
A nationwide survey of the diagnostic-therapeutic models used in Italian hospitals for the treatment of melanoma was performed. The study was conducted using paper-assisted personal interviews in hospitals throughout the country [De Vaus DA: Surveys in Social Research, ed 4. London, Routledge, 1995]. Face-to-face interviews were conducted by interviewers specialized in medical research. These 45-minute interviews took place in the office/clinic of the interviewee, during which the interviewer compiled and checked questionnaires for completeness and accuracy. In each hospital, clinicians responsible for the diagnosis, therapy or follow-up phases of melanoma care were interviewed according to their area of expertise. When possible, interviewees included a dermatologist, a surgeon and an oncologist from each hospital.