A high response rate of participation in the research was
noted, for example 76% by Corney et al. (1992) and 87% by
Green et al. (2000). Green et al. (2000) attributed this to the
women’s concern with their sexual function following their
surgery and being able to respond to the survey anonymously.
This could be a reflection of the purposive sampling
approaches used. It was noted that, in the study by Green
et al. (2000), respondents received a monetary payment for
participating, which carries the risk of being seen as indicating
a degree of coercion to taking part in the study by offering
a reward (Brink & Van der Walt 2006, pp. 28–43) but there
is not enough information to comment further on this.
The length of time between the respondents’ surgery and
the data collection for the studies reported varied between
Table 3
two week