Amin Al Haadi Bin ShafieKhatijah OthmanDini Farhana BaharudinAhmad Najaa’ MokhtarMohd Khairul Anuar RahimiRafidah Aga Mohd JaladinSalleh AmatNurhafizah Mohamad YasinSuzaily WahabNur Fatinni Mohamad Kama2024-05-282024-05-2820222023-1-10Amin Al Haadi Bin Shafie, Khatijah Othman, Dini Farhana Baharudin, Ahmad Najaa’ Mokhtar, Mohd Khairul Anuar Rahimi, Rafidah Aga Mohd Jaladin, Salleh Amat, Nurhafizah Mohamad Yasin , Suzaily Wahab, Nur Fatinni Mohamad Kamal. (2022). A REVIEW ON ONLINE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 5706–5716. https://doi.org/10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S09.6920976-923410.47750/pnr.2022.13.S09.692https://www.pnrjournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/4752https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/7080Volume: 13 Special Issue 09 (page: 5706-5716)Technology bring possibility to conduct focus groupdiscussion (FGD) virtually, especially during COVID-19. Online FGD conducted to explore needs assessment to design an effective drug prevention program among high-risk youth. 10 Online FGD within 5 participant for each group conducted involving youths from high-risk areas. Sessions recorded with the participants’ consent. Online FGD provides flexibility of time and venue, and widens the opportunity to gather more in-depth data. However, online FGD might cause the interactions less dynamic. Thus, it calls for future studies on the effectiveness of online focus group discussion as compared to the conventional face-to-face method.en-USonline focus group discussion, needs assessment, drug prevention module, youths.Article570757016139