SURVEY FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE TAKEN PRESCRIBED DRUGS FOR THEIR BONES
You are being invited to participate in a research study about the experiences and any complications people have who took and/or are still taking prescribed drugs for their bones. You were selected to participate in this study because you may have taken one or more prescribed medications for your bones. The purpose of this study is to find out more about who is at risk to experience fractures of their bones during (or after) taking one or more of these drugs. If you agree to take part in this study, please click on the "I agree box" in Question 1 below and then you can begin the anonymous online survey. This survey will ask how long you took these drugs and whether you had any bones break during or after you took these drugs. The survey will take you approximately 10-20 minutes to complete depending on the number and types of medications you have taken. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and you can withdraw at any time. You are free to skip any question you choose, or to check off that you do not wish to respond to any particular question(s). You will not be compensated for being part of this study Your participation will be anonymous, as maintained by: - Your computer’s IP address tracking will be disabled, which means we will not be able to know what computer was used to type in the information you provide. This makes the survey anonymous - Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption will be enabled, which means that the data will be protected as it moves from your computer and SurveyMonkey servers - The data, once retrieved from Survey Monkey*, will be maintained on a password-protected computer that only the researchers will have access to.
This study is being done by Jane Corrarino DNP, (RN) Nursing Consultant, Jennifer Schneider PhD, MD (Professional Boundaries, Inc.), and Karla Damus, PhD, MSPH, MN, RN (Boston University School of Medicine). If you have any questions or concerns please contact Dr. Jane Corrarino at 631.255.8807 or Dr. Jennifer Schneider at 520-990-7886.
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Thank you for participating in our online survey.
This survey has five sections: 1) Your history of taking prescribed drugs for your bones. 2) Your activity level during and after taking these drugs. 3) Complications when you too these drugs. 4) A little bit of information about you, and 5) Additional information you may want to add. If you want to learn what the results of this survey are, please contact Dr. Corrarino at janecorrarino@yahoo.com.
Please answer as many questions as you can. Notice that there are several tables of questions that go across the top of the table from left to right. MOVE THE CURSER ACROSS THE SCREEN TO ACCESS BOXES THAT APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF ON THE SIDE.