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Table 2 Interview and focus group questions

From: Children and young people’s experiences of completing mental health and wellbeing measures for research: learning from two school-based pilot projects

Research Project 1: Focus group questions

 

1. Do you have any questions that you want to ask us now that you have answered all of the questions?

If yes, what?

 

2. Were there any questions that you did not understand?

If yes, which? What was difficult to understand about this/these question(s)?

 

3. Were there any questions that you think other people your age might find difficult to understand?

If yes, which? Why?

 

4. Were there any questions that you found confusing?

If yes, which? What was confusing about this/these question(s)?

 

5. Were there any questions that you did not like?

If yes, which? Why?

 

6. Were there any words that you found difficult to understand when answering the questions?

If yes, which?

 

7. Were there any words that you think other people your age might find difficult to understand?

If yes, which? Why?

 

8. What do you think of how the questions look and the layout? Do you have any suggestions for how we could improve it?

If yes, what?

 

9. What did you think about how long it took you to answer all of the questions?

 

10. Was there anything that you did not like about answering these kinds of questions?

If yes, what? Why?

 

11. Was there anything that you liked about answering these kinds of questions?

If yes, what? Why?

 

Research Project 2: Interview and focus group questions

 

1. Can you tell me about what it was like answering these questions?

 

2. Was there anything that you liked about doing this?

What/why?

 

3. Was there anything that you did not like about doing this?

What/why?

 

4. Was there anything that you found difficult about doing this?

What/why?

 

5. What did you think about how long it took you to answer all of the questions?

 

6. What did you think about answering the questions on the computer instead of on paper?

 

7. Was there anything that you would have liked to have been different about the questionnaire?

What/why?