{"id":81,"date":"2022-11-01T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2024-04-06T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T15:29:49","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>When will recruitment start for this study?<\/h2>\n<p>The team is currently engaged in securing the necessary approvals and preparing to launch the study in early Winter 2024.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do I need to have children to participate?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>No, if you are a Gulf War veteran without children you may still participate.<\/p>\n<h2>Will I be able to provide information about the health of my children who are under 18 years old?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. Gulf War veteran parents completing the survey will be prompted to share information about the well-being of all their children, regardless of their age.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I invite more than one of my children to participate in the study?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes, you may invite all your biological children 18 years old or older.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How will I invite my child(ren) to participate in the study?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After the Gulf War veteran parent finishes their survey, they will be asked if they have adult children they&#8217;d like to share information with. If parents express interest, they will receive an email with a unique survey link for each of their children. The link can be shared via text or email with the veteran&#8217;s child(ren). Please contact the research team if your link needs to be recovered. We will happily resend it to you!<\/p>\n<h2>Will I need to complete the survey in one sitting?<\/h2>\n<p>No, you may save your answers and resume at a later time.<\/p>\n<h2>Do I need a computer to take the survey?<\/h2>\n<p>Although the survey was designed to be completed online, those without access to a computer &#8211; or those who prefer not to use one &#8211; may request to share their responses over the phone.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Does your team anticipate conducting future studies?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes! We intend to create more studies focusing on other areas of concern and expand the veteran population beyond the 1990-91 Gulf War. We may even create a sample and data repository.\u00a0 If you have any experiences you&#8217;d like to share or insights, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you! Having that information will help us guide our future research. <\/span><\/span><em>To share with us, please fill out this<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3yBDtthmST79ZnESA\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">form<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When will recruitment start for this study? The team is currently engaged in securing the necessary approvals and preparing to launch the study in early Winter 2024. Do I need to have children to participate? No, if you are a Gulf War veteran without children you may still participate. Will I be able to provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21568,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/legacystudy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}