Employing a Qualitative Description Approach in Health Care Research

Employing a Qualitative Description Approach in Health Care Research

A qualitative description design is particularly relevant where information is required directly from those experiencing the phenomenon under investigation and where time and resources are limited. Nurses and midwives often have clinical questions suitable to a qualitative approach but little time to develop an exhaustive comprehension of qualitative methodological approaches. Qualitative descr...

Qualitative research in health care. Assessing quality in qualitative research.

Qualitative research in health care. Analysing qualitative data.

Contrary to popular perception, qualitative research can produce vast amounts of data. These may include verbatim notes or transcribed recordings of interviews or focus groups, jotted notes and more detailed “fieldnotes” of observational research, a diary or chronological account, and the researcher’s reflective notes made during the research. These data are not necessarily small scale: transcr...

Qualitative research in health care. Using qualitative methods in health related action research.

Qualitative description – the poor cousin of health research ? Mette

Background: The knowledge and use of qualitative description as a qualitative research approach in health services research is limited. The aim of this article is to discuss the potential benefits of a qualitative descriptive approach, to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to provide examples of use. Discussion: Qualitative description is a useful qualitative method in much medical resea...