0 by meeting with someone rather than talking on the phone, e-mailing, or writing to the person: --
1 involving someone's physical presence rather than communication by phone, email, etc.: --
Medication status and use of antidepressants was assessed at the time of in-person testing.
Undoubtedly, the in-person visit will remain essential to the practice of medicine and to the human dimension of medical care.
The threshold challenge to the profession of medicine is whether online medicine can meet the duty of care that applies to in-person medical practice.
Moreover, as reported earlier, sample non-response was very small which was partly because we used in-person interview.
All participants were contacted for blinded in-person follow-up assessments every 3 months.
At the in-person meeting, a decision was reached based on presentation of the factor analytic data, the survey findings, and group discussion.
An in-person meeting of the panelists is then conducted with the focus on resolution of discrepancies.
Verbal consent was obtained for this first-stage interview after informing respondents that they might also be invited to participate in a second stage in-person interview.
