Digitally Supporting Lifestyle Changes in Men With Prostate Cancer, Based on Characteristics and Needs - Part 1: Ethnographic Study of the Everyday Life of Men With Prostate Cancer, Focusing on Diet, Activities and Digital Behavior

Data was collected between June 2015 and April 2016. The data set included 4 parts; introducing interviews, participant observation, concluding interviews and questionnaires.

The introducing interview is conducted as a semi-structured interview with an interview guide. An informal approach is chosen to help along the report needed for the participant observation. The interview is recorded.

During participant observations, the participant is accompanied by the researcher, as he goes about his daily life. The researcher is participating in his activities to the extend it is possible, carrying out spontaneous informal interviews along the way taking cues from the situation, as is inherent to the participation of the researcher during participant observations. Field jottings are done discretely, during breaks in the observation or afterwards, on dictaphone or computer, in order to keep the relation informal, and not redirect the attention to the fact that they were being observed.

The concluding interview is performed as a natural ending of the collaboration between researcher and participant. It is performed as a semi-structured interview with an interview guide, and the central point is to confirm and elaborate on findings of the observation. The interview is recorded.

Pictures are taken of relevant artefacts or sceneries through all visits between participant and researcher, with the consent of the participants. Pictures are a part of the dataset on equal terms with observational notes and interview transcriptions.