No one listens to us, we know this, so we participated: Qualitative evidence from menstruation research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We created a survey to assess menstrual side effects after COVID-19 vaccination when we noticed news stories that denied or discounted the experiences of tens of thousands of menstruating and formerly menstruating people who reported experiencing bleeding changes. This survey had an unprecedented response hundreds of times higher than we had anticipated (n = 101,824).

Objectives

We investigated what motivated our sample to participate without remuneration to understand both general motivations for survey participation as well as why this survey captured the interest of so many.

Design

We used open-ended responses from our online, mixed-method survey collected from April to October 2021.

Methods

Using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis

SUBMITTER: Junkins EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465293 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature