Quality of Life Questionnaires

Hello Everyone,

I hope this post finds you all well. This group was recommended to me
by someone who has exoperience with prostate cancer and who has been
extremely helpful in providing me with insight into what it is like to
have this diagnosis.

I am currently doing a PhD on quality of life in prostate cancer in the
hope of creating interventions to enhance quality of life. If anyone
would be willing to complete two questionnaires for me, I would be very
grateful. Responses to these questionnaires will help me learn what is
most important to individuals such as yourself so that I can take the
most appropriate choices in my intervention development.

If anyone would be kind enough to spare some
time, I would really appreciate it. If you are interested, please
contact me at:

nicnac234@hotmail.com

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am more
than happy to answer any queries or concerns anyone has.

Best Wishes,

Nicola

Nicola wrote:

> I am currently doing a PhD

Where?


> If anyone would be willing to complete two questionnaires for me,
> nicnac234@hotmail.com

Very, very suspicous of address harvesters asking us to
write them. Then they know they have a valid address to
spam.

You would have much better luck if you had a .edu address.

Most PhDs, at least the one's I've met, are funny about little things like,
well, spelling, grammar, accuracy, etc. And, I don't think you would find a
PhD caught dead hitting up a newgroup for questionnaire fodder. Ergo, I
suspect you are, at best, lying and at worst, well... lying.


<nicnac12001uk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> I hope this post finds you all well. This group was recommended to me
> by someone who has exoperience with prostate cancer and who has been
> extremely helpful in providing me with insight into what it is like to
> have this diagnosis.
>
> I am currently doing a PhD on quality of life in prostate cancer in the
> hope of creating interventions to enhance quality of life. If anyone
> would be willing to complete two questionnaires for me, I would be very
> grateful. Responses to these questionnaires will help me learn what is
> most important to individuals such as yourself so that I can take the
> most appropriate choices in my intervention development.
>
> If anyone would be kind enough to spare some
> time, I would really appreciate it. If you are interested, please
> contact me at:
>
> nicnac234@hotmail.com
>
> If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am more
> than happy to answer any queries or concerns anyone has.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Nicola
>

Steve Kramer wrote:
> Most PhDs, at least the one's I've met, are funny about little things like,
> well, spelling, grammar, accuracy, etc. And, I don't think you would find a
> PhD caught dead hitting up a newgroup for questionnaire fodder. Ergo, I
> suspect you are, at best, lying and at worst, well... lying.

Most of the many I've worked with were lousy at spelling, written
grammar, etc. But then they were chemists and physicists, so they were
"excused".

"NICK" <CALIFORNIA_CHIEF@PEOPLEPC.COM> wrote in message
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> Nicola wrote:
>
>> I am currently doing a PhD
>
> Where?

Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedford MK43 0AL England

At least, that is where my WHOIS search took me.
I saw that she was probably in England due to the time zone and WHOIS
flipped me over to Amsterdam, which then took me to Cranfield University
in England, but there were so many names at this University, I decided
not to publish them.....this could be a forgery. And you are
right.....real researchers usually use their work email address, I would
think.

Cheers....Heather
>
>
>> If anyone would be willing to complete two questionnaires for me,
>> nicnac234@hotmail.com
>
> Very, very suspicous of address harvesters asking us to
> write them. Then they know they have a valid address to
> spam.
>
> You would have much better luck if you had a .edu address.
>

On 6 Jan 2007 14:35:43 -0800, nicnac12001uk@yahoo.com wrote:

>nicnac234@hotmail.com

You can e/mail me to rolist@gmail.com

Regards

RR

Thanks, but I think I will hold onto my suspicions for awhile longer.

--


"RR" <rolist@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 6 Jan 2007 14:35:43 -0800, nicnac12001uk@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>nicnac234@hotmail.com
>
> You can e/mail me to rolist@gmail.com
>
> Regards
>
> RR

Hello Everyone,

I more than happy to answer any questions you may have. I tend not to
add my university email address to internet sites due to it potentially
being picked up and used for junk mail. However, I am more than happy
to give my uni email to anyone who emails my hotmail account, if this
will put their mind at ease.

I am collecting questionnaires at my local oncology clinic also, but it
is proving to be diffficult to get the number I need. I am therefore
using the internet to try to access a wider group of people from
different backgrounds and with different levels of cancer.

I am very passionate about my work because I have a family history of
cancer; I will therefore treat any responses with a great deal of
confidentiality. No names will be used in my write up.

I do hope that through the questionnaires I will be able to discover
the most important quality of life issues faced by individuals with
cancer so that I can work towards raising awareness in this area and
also possibly developing some kind of quality of life intervention.

I apologise for any discomfort I may have caused for anyone, but please
do feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I am more than happy
to answer your queries. In the meantime, thank you to all those who
have contacted me already; your help is greatly appreciated.

Best Wishes,

Nicola

Hi Nicola.....

I am glad you were forthright about where you are studying. And equally
stunned that my research found you at Cranfield University.

We tend to ignore the sort of thing you asked simply because the authors
are usually spammers and/or scammers. Pushing silly cures for cancer
and the like.

Good luck with your work. I think most of us have families where more
than one person is afflicted with a cancer of one sort or another.

Cheers.....Heather (Canada)

<nicnac12001uk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1168199925.669430.261300@51g2000cwl.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I more than happy to answer any questions you may have. I tend not to
> add my university email address to internet sites due to it
> potentially
> being picked up and used for junk mail. However, I am more than happy
> to give my uni email to anyone who emails my hotmail account, if this
> will put their mind at ease.
>
> I am collecting questionnaires at my local oncology clinic also, but
> it
> is proving to be diffficult to get the number I need. I am therefore
> using the internet to try to access a wider group of people from
> different backgrounds and with different levels of cancer.
>
> I am very passionate about my work because I have a family history of
> cancer; I will therefore treat any responses with a great deal of
> confidentiality. No names will be used in my write up.
>
> I do hope that through the questionnaires I will be able to discover
> the most important quality of life issues faced by individuals with
> cancer so that I can work towards raising awareness in this area and
> also possibly developing some kind of quality of life intervention.
>
> I apologise for any discomfort I may have caused for anyone, but
> please
> do feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I am more than
> happy
> to answer your queries. In the meantime, thank you to all those who
> have contacted me already; your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Nicola
>

I can vouch for Nicola. I suggested that she post here after first
encountering her in another online prostate cancer support group. I
completed her survey and have corresponded with her. She is for real
and is not a spammer. The questionnaire does not take long.





nicnac12001uk@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I hope this post finds you all well. This group was recommended to me
> by someone who has exoperience with prostate cancer and who has been
> extremely helpful in providing me with insight into what it is like to
> have this diagnosis.
>
> I am currently doing a PhD on quality of life in prostate cancer in the
> hope of creating interventions to enhance quality of life. If anyone
> would be willing to complete two questionnaires for me, I would be very
> grateful. Responses to these questionnaires will help me learn what is
> most important to individuals such as yourself so that I can take the
> most appropriate choices in my intervention development.
>
> If anyone would be kind enough to spare some
> time, I would really appreciate it. If you are interested, please
> contact me at:
>
> nicnac234@hotmail.com
>
> If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am more
> than happy to answer any queries or concerns anyone has.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Nicola