Bruce G. Warr wrote: > > >From: "Automatic digest processor" <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: 8/13/97 4:50:50PM > >To: "Recipients of PARKINSN digests" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: PARKINSN Digest - 13 Aug 1997 - Special issue > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:56:35 -0400 > >From: Leslie Van Dover <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: ++Parkinsn List Study Group++ > > > >From: Parkinsn List Study Group; McMaster University School of > >Nursing,Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Sheryl Boblin-Cummings Ph.D., RN, > >Dauna Crooks D.N.S., RN, Barbara Patterson, Leslie Van Dover Ph.D., > >RN.; > >Mary Fawcett, MHSc, RN. > > > > > >We have been looking at messages from the Parkinsn List archives to > >develop an understanding of how people use the list and its value to > >them. From this, we have some ideas about "what is going on on the > >List?". We would now like to hear directly from list members about > >your > >experience with the Parkinsn list. > > > >Your answers to the questions below will help us to better > >understand > >your experience and to interpret it to others. You can choose to > >respond > >to these questions or not. If you share your expertise and > >experience > >with us, we will be grateful. It's important for us to hear from > >you IN > >YOUR OWN WORDS. If you find it too difficult to respond or are not > >interested, that's OK. > > > >You can respond to some questions and not others, as you wish. You > >can > >respond "on list" or privately to: Leslie Van Dover at: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >People join Lists for various reasons > > > >1.How did you first learn about the Parkinsn List? > From other pwp's. > >From someone already on the list to whom I was introduced by a > mutual friend. > > >2.When did you first join the Parkinsn List? > June, 1996 > June 1995 > > >3.What reason(s) did you have for joining the Parkinsn List? > > Support and information > Information and feedback from other pwp's. > >People stay on lists for different reasons. > > > >4.Why do you stay on the Parkinsn List? > > Same resons I joined > Same reasons I joined > >5.What are the three most important things you get from the > >Parkinsn List? > > 1. Emotional suppot. > 2. Knowledge > 3. Inspiration > Same > >6.What else are you getting out of belonging to the Parkinsn List? > knoowledge from the ""experts" > Good friends > > >From reading the archives, we think that one ofthe main things > >that goes > >on in the Parkinsn List is something we call "connecting". By > >connecting, > >we mean sharing a part of our lives with each other, creating a > >sense of > >togetherness. > > > >For example, people can "connect" with: other people who are having > >similar experiences; ways of dealing with PD in everyday life; > >information about PD and its symptoms and treatment; and ways of > >taking > >action to improve the situation for themselves and others. > > > >7. Do you think "connecting" is one of the mainthings that is > >happening > >on the Parkinsn List? > > Definitely > > >8.Is connecting happening for you on the Parkinsn List? > > Yes > > >If it's not "connecting", how would you describe what is happening > >for you? > > N/A > > >9.If something is going on on the Parkinsn List thatis MORE > >IMPORTANT to > >you, what is it? > > Nothing > nothing > >Leslie Van Dover > >McMaster University School of Nursing > >[log in to unmask] > > Bruce G. Warr, PhD (Cand) > Healthcare Informatics Lab > Univ of Maryland Baltimore County