Table 1.

Data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative) used for each research question.

Research aims	Quantitative data	Qualitative data	Data collection period
To understand the actual use of family caregivers of the elements of the self-management support	Recording the actual use of personal email contact with nurse by 27 family caregivers	—a	March to August 2017
	Clicks on the video links by 54 family caregivers	—	March to August 2017
	Clicks on the e-bulletin links by 81 family caregivers	—	March to August 2017
To understand family caregivers’ evaluation and satisfaction with the various elements of the online self-management support interventions	Evaluation questions in a survey with Likert scale, send to 81 family caregivers	—	March to August 2017
	—	Semistructured interviews with 12 family caregivers	July and August 2017
To understand nurses’ usage and evaluations of the online support through tailored email contacts	—	Semistructured interviews with 4 nurses	September 2017
	—	Analysis of the content of email contacts between 27 family caregivers and nurse	March to August 2017

^aNot applicable.