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Booth, Andrew. "Acknowledging a 'dual heritage' for qualitative evidence synthesis : harnessing the qualitative research and systematic review research traditions." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4137/.
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Qualitative evidence synthesis, an umbrella term that includes all forms of secondary qualitative synthesis and analysis including qualitative systematic review, has emerged from the confluence of conventional systematic review methods with methods for primary qualitative research. With such a 'mixed heritage', and the juxtaposition of quite different epistemological positions, it is inevitable that the resultant tensions have generated considerable creative energy and significant methodological frictions. These tensions have created an environment within which I have sought to make a contribution. Working with colleagues within the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, and collaborators at other institutions, including fellow co-convenors of the Cochrane Collaboration Qualitative Methods Group, I have examined the state of qualitative synthesis methods (Paper M1). I have traced and examined the respective contributions of the two components of the mixed heritage through five methodological papers that examine the stages of the systematic review process; searching (Paper M2), quality assessment (Paper M3), framework and thematic synthesis (Paper M4) and exploring heterogeneity (Paper M5) through to consideration of reporting standards (Papers M1-M3). This Thesis explores these issues through five case studies (Case Studies 1-5) to which I have contributed as lead methodologist. While, initially at least, the legacy of conventional systematic review methods could be seen to enjoy dominance, an emerging imperative to review systematically different types of evidence to explore different review questions, coupled with reduced time and resource envelopes within which to address time-critical questions from policy and practice, has opened up a more versatile and pragmatic toolkit. The Thesis concludes by identifying key methodological issues that require further investigation. I contend that many outstanding methodological challenges may derive their most productive insights from a more detailed consideration of corresponding solutions from primary qualitative research. The five papers in this body of work, therefore, make an original contribution to knowledge by establishing and demonstrating methodological principles by which flexible and context sensitive application of the versatile 'systematic review model' can be used to meet the pragmatic demands of health services research and technology assessment.
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Tingley, Kylie. "Developing Recommendations to Guide Future Evidence Generation, Evidence Synthesis, and Knowledge Translation for Rare Diseases." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42030.
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Introduction: The scarcity of rigorous evidence regarding rare disease therapies contributes to uncertainty for stakeholders who make decisions about the use, prescription, or funding of such therapies. My dissertation objective was to integrate stakeholder perspectives and evidence related to how rare disease therapies are evaluated to better understand drivers of uncertainty in decision making and develop an evaluation framework for future evidence generation, synthesis, and decision support.
Methods: To better understand the perceived challenges in generating robust treatment effectiveness evidence, and describe various methods for mitigating these challenges, I used a meta-narrative literature review. I also conducted focus group interviews with key rare disease stakeholders (patients/caregivers, physicians, and policy advisors) to elicit different perspectives on how evidence is generated, evaluated, and synthesized in the context of health care decision making, both at a personal and population level. Finally, I integrated the focus group findings with a targeted literature review to identify characteristics of rare diseases and their candidate therapies that may warrant special consideration in health technology assessment (HTA) and health care decision making.
Findings: My dissertation data revealed three fundamental challenges in generating robust treatment effectiveness evidence for rare diseases: limitations in recruiting a sufficient sample; inability to account for clinical heterogeneity; and reliance on outcomes with unclear clinical relevance. Several methodological solutions have been proposed to overcome these challenges. In addition, study participants described different perspectives on how they choose to participate in and use research in their roles as health care users, care providers, and policy advisors. Notably, conventional wisdom that patients/caregivers participate in clinical research studies because of therapeutic misconception was not supported. Finally, focus group and literature review findings identified information that potentially warrants special consideration in future HTA specific to rare diseases, including characteristics of the disease, understanding of causal hypotheses relevant to the therapy, and complexities of cost-effectiveness given the high price of many rare disease therapies.
Discussion: Together, the findings from this dissertation support an evaluation framework with eight key principles that aim to mitigate important aspects of uncertainty from various stakeholder perspectives and promote evidence-informed decision making about rare disease therapies.
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Liao, Hongjing. "Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203.
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Lee, Sou. "Asian Gangs in the United States: A Meta-Synthesis." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1875.
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The purpose of this study is to gain a holistic understanding of the Asian gang phenomenon through the application of a meta-synthesis, which is seldom utilized within the criminal justice and criminology discipline. Noblit and Hare’s (1988) seven step guidelines for synthesizing qualitative research informed this methodology. Through this process, 15 studies were selected for synthesis. The synthesis of these studies not only identified prevalent themes across the sample, but also provided the basis for creating overarching metaphors that captured the collective experience of Asian gang members. Through the interpretive ordering of these metaphors, a line of synthesis argument was developed in which three major inferences about the Asian gang experience were made. First, regardless of ethnic and geographic differences, the experiences of Asian gangs and their members are similar. Second, although extant literature has applied different theories to explain gang membership for individual ethnic gangs (e.g. Chinese, Vietnamese), this synthesis revealed that the dominant theory for explaining the onset and persistence of Asian gangs is Vigil’s (1988) multiple marginality theory. Finally, in comparison to the broader literature, Asian gangs are more similar than they are different to non-Asian gangs because of their overlap in values.
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Flemming, Katherine Ann. "The synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research : its role in producing an evidence base for practice." Thesis, University of York, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516591.
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Sartorio, Natalia de Araujo. "Potencialidades e limitações do uso da fotografia na pesquisa qualitativa de enfermagem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7141/tde-20062011-142603/.
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A tradição do uso da fotografia na pesquisa social remonta ao século XIX, com os primeiros trabalhos da Antropologia que usaram-na para registrar costumes e tradições de povos considerados exóticos. A seguir, a Sociologia, a História e a Psicologia, dentre outras disciplinas se interessaram pelo uso da foto para o registro do real e, também, como auxiliar na obtenção de dados subjetivos. Os objetivos do presente trabalho foram identificar o uso que vem sendo feito da fotografia na pesquisa qualitativa na enfermagem e sintetizar as potencialidades e limites desse uso. Procedeu-se a uma Revisão Sistemática de Literatura e Metassíntese de estudos primários que fossem pesquisas qualitativas, feitas por enfermeiras ou que tivessem a Enfermagem como objeto e que registrassem o uso da fotografia em algum momento de seu método. Os termos para a busca foram: Fotografia, Pesquisa Qualitativa e Enfermagem. As bases de dados pesquisadas incluíram: PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Scopus, ISI, BVS, Scielo. Não houve limite de tempo de publicação. A amostra final incluiu 31 artigos. Os resultados apontaram o uso da fotografia nos métodos: Photovoice, Foto-Elicitação, Etnografias e Mistos. As potencialidades foram: Emancipação dos sujeitos; Dar voz a grupos vulneráveis; Melhor compreensão da situação do sujeito; Registro detalhado do real, Maior riqueza dos dados obtidos; Permite ao sujeito rever suas experiências de vida; Efeito terapêutico para os sujeitos; Mais proximidade entre o entrevistador e o sujeito; Conferir protagonismo aos sujeitos; Divulgação de acervos e Aceitação do Método. As limitações foram: Habilidade no manuseio da câmara fotográfica; Censura dos familiares às fotografias; Invasão da privacidade individual e familiar; Risco de manipulação dos dados; Disponibilidade de equipamento; Custo e necessidade de pessoal especializado; Dados oriundos de fontes secundárias. Com esses resultados, especialmente ao se considerar as potencialidades, conclui-se que a fotografia é um recurso útil na pesquisa qualitativa que permite ao enfermeiro, enquanto pesquisador, dar conta das peculiaridades da enfermagem como uma prática social, contribuindo para emancipação de pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade.<br>The tradition of using photography in social research goes back to the nineteenth century to the early work of anthropology, which used it to record habits and traditions of exotic populations. Then, sociology, history and psychology, among other disciplines became interested in using photos to register reality and also as a tool to obtain subjective data. The aims of the present study were to identify what is being done using photography in qualitative research in nursing and summarize the potentialities and limitations of such use. A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Synthesis of primary studies has been done. It included qualitative research studies done by nurses or about nurses that had used photography on their Method. The terms defined to guide the search were: Photography, Qualitative Research and Nursing. The databases searched included PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Scopus, ISI, BVS e SciELO. There was no time limit for publication. The final sample included 31 articles. The results showed the use of photography in the following methods: Photovoice, Photo-Elicitation, Ethnographies and Mixed Methods. The potentialities identified for photography usage were: Emancipation of subjects; Giving voice to vulnerable groups; Better understanding of subjects situation; Detailed recording of reality; Richness of data obtained; Allowing the subject to review their life experiences; Therapeutic effect in subjects; Proximity between the interviewer and the subject; Giving prominence to the subject; Dissemination of collections and the method acceptance. The limitations identified were: Skill in handling the camera; Family censorship; Invasion of individual and familiar privacy; Risk of data manipulation; Equipment availability; Cost and need for specialized personnel; and Data from secondary sources. With these results, especially when considering the potentialities presented, it is concluded that photography is a useful resource for qualitative research that allows nurses as researchers, to account for the peculiarities of nursing as a social practice, contributing to the empowerment of vulnerable population.
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Ozodiegwu, Ifeoma, Mary Ann Ann Ph D. Littleton, Megan Quinn, and Hadii Mamudu. "A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Contextual Factors Contributing To Female Overweight and Obesity over the Life Course in Sub-Saharan Africa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2019/schedule/232.
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Adult women are disproportionately burdened by overweight and obesity in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and there is limited understanding of the sociocultural context of this problem. In this qualitative research synthesis, we aimed to surface contextual influences that potentially predispose adult women and adolescent girls to overweight and obesity. PubMed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, PROQUEST, EMBASE, Web of Science were searched to locate qualitative research articles conducted in sub-Saharan African countries beginning in year 2000. After assessment for eligibility and critical appraisal, 16 studies were included in the synthesis. Textual data and quotes was synthesized using the methods proposed by the Joan Briggs Institute and a thematic analysis framework. The synthesized studies were conducted in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Botswana. The three overarching themes across these studies were body size and shape ideals, barriers to healthy eating, and barriers to physical activity with cultural and social factors as cross-cutting influences within the major themes. Culturally, the ideal African woman was expected to be overweight or obese, and voluptuous and this was associated with their identity. While overweight and obesity was not acceptable among adolescent girls, they also desired to be voluptuous. Healthy food choices among women and girls were hampered by several factors including affordability and peer pressure. Both adult women and girls experienced ageism and institutional discrimination as barriers to physical activity. This is the first qualitative research synthesis to amplify the voices of women and girls in SSA countries highlighting the challenges they face in maintaining a healthy weight. Sociocultural, institutional and peer-related factors were powerful forces shaping body size preferences, food choices and participation in physical activity. Our study findings provide insights for the design of contextually appropriate interventions and lay the foundation for further research studies.
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Rees, R. W. "Inclusive approaches to the synthesis of qualitative research : harnessing perspectives and participation to inform equitable public health policy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10039676/.
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There is a pressing need to understand inequalities in health and how these might be addressed. In this thesis I explore an area of research practice in the field of public health that holds potential for addressing inequalities; the point at which there is overlap between the influences of two current and influential developments in research. These developments are: an increasing interest in the use of systematic methods to review studies of people’s experiences of their everyday lives (qualitative evidence synthesis); and a turn towards the active participation in the design and conduct of research of people from all walks of life, but in particular people that hold marginalized positions in society (inclusive research). A claim seen within both developments is that research can contribute towards changing the ‘status quo’, however little guidance exists for researchers who want to bring both ideas together and conduct systematic reviews of qualitative evidence in ways that bring the insights and rights of people from marginalised groups to the fore. I will argue that the publications that I have submitted for consideration as part of this thesis, as well as providing substantive findings about the perspectives of people from groups that can be considered marginalized, provide a novel contribution to the literatures about qualitative evidence synthesis and inclusive research methods. I conclude that principles of inclusive research can usefully be applied at several points during the research journey of a qualitative evidence synthesis so as to aid the production of findings about the perspectives of marginalised groups that have transformative potential. However, if systematic reviews of qualitative evidence are to be directed at addressing social marginalisation, then thinking about the human drivers of this work is likely to be an essential step in review planning.
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Ozodiegwu, Ifeoma, Mary Ann Littleton, Christian Nwabueze, et al. "A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Contextual Factors Contributing to Female Overweight and Obesity over the Life Course in Sub-Saharan Africa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6776.
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Objective: Adult women are disproportionately affected by overweight and obesity in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Existing evidence on the sociocultural context remains unconsolidated. In this qualitative research synthesis, we aggregate research literature on contextual factors that potentially predispose adult women and adolescent girls to overweight and obesity to inform research, policies and programs over the life course.
Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, ProQuest Central, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched to locate qualitative research articles conducted in SSA countries beginning in the year 2000. After assessment for eligibility and critical appraisal, 17 studies were included in the synthesis. Textual data and quotes were synthesized using meta-aggregation methods proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Results: The synthesized studies were conducted in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Botswana. The three overarching themes across these studies were body size and shape ideals, barriers to healthy eating, and barriers to physical activity, with cultural and social factors as cross-cutting influences within the major themes. Culturally, the supposedly ideal African woman was expected to be overweight or obese, and voluptuous, and this was associated with their identity. Although being overweight or obese was not acceptable to adolescent girls, they desired to be voluptuous. Healthy food choices among women and adolescent girls were hampered by several factors including affordability of nutritious foods and peer victimization. Both adult women and adolescent girls experienced ageism as a barrier to physical activity.
Significance: This is the first qualitative research synthesis to amplify the voices of women and girls in SSA countries highlighting the challenges they face in maintaining a healthy body weight. Sociocultural, institutional and peer-related factors were powerful forces shaping body size preferences, food choices and participation in physical activity. Our study findings provide insights for the design of contextually appropriate obesity prevention interventions and lay the foundation for further research studies.
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Ozodiegwu, Ifeoma, Mary Ann Littleton, Christian Nwabueze, et al. "A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Contextual Factors Contributing to Female Overweight and Obesity over the Life Course in Sub-Saharan Africa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6776.
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Objective: Adult women are disproportionately affected by overweight and obesity in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Existing evidence on the sociocultural context remains unconsolidated. In this qualitative research synthesis, we aggregate research literature on contextual factors that potentially predispose adult women and adolescent girls to overweight and obesity to inform research, policies and programs over the life course.
Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, ProQuest Central, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched to locate qualitative research articles conducted in SSA countries beginning in the year 2000. After assessment for eligibility and critical appraisal, 17 studies were included in the synthesis. Textual data and quotes were synthesized using meta-aggregation methods proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Results: The synthesized studies were conducted in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Botswana. The three overarching themes across these studies were body size and shape ideals, barriers to healthy eating, and barriers to physical activity, with cultural and social factors as cross-cutting influences within the major themes. Culturally, the supposedly ideal African woman was expected to be overweight or obese, and voluptuous, and this was associated with their identity. Although being overweight or obese was not acceptable to adolescent girls, they desired to be voluptuous. Healthy food choices among women and adolescent girls were hampered by several factors including affordability of nutritious foods and peer victimization. Both adult women and adolescent girls experienced ageism as a barrier to physical activity.
Significance: This is the first qualitative research synthesis to amplify the voices of women and girls in SSA countries highlighting the challenges they face in maintaining a healthy body weight. Sociocultural, institutional and peer-related factors were powerful forces shaping body size preferences, food choices and participation in physical activity. Our study findings provide insights for the design of contextually appropriate obesity prevention interventions and lay the foundation for further research studies.
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Lopes, Ana Lúcia Mendes. "Processos de educação em saúde na cessação do tabagismo: revisão sistemática e metassíntese." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7137/tde-13062008-110538/.
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Realizou-se estudo exploratório de revisão bibliográfica sistemática e metassíntese visando descrever e analisar aspectos das práticas educativas em saúde, voltados ao desenvolvimento de habilidades para a cessação do tabagismo, traduzidas na interpretação de autores de pesquisas qualitativas publicadas em periódicos entre 2000 e 2007. Concebeu-se a questão do tabagismo como um problema de enfrentamento complexo, que demanda intervenções em vários âmbitos. Destacou-se a educação em saúde, como campo estratégico e instrumental da promoção da saúde, que sob a perspectiva do \"empowerment\" e \"empowerment education\", é passível de atuação do profissional de saúde. Utilizando-se do instrumental metodológico da metassíntese qualitativa, descrito por Sandelowski e Barroso (2003), identificou-se a produção científica de pesquisas qualitativas originais sobre experiências relativas às práticas educativas na cessação do tabagismo, indexadas nas bases de dados eletrônicas MEDLINE, CINAHL e LILACS. Para tanto utilizou-se os descritores pesquisa qualitativa, educação em saúde e tabagismo, além de descritores de texto livre e palavras com truncamento, visando a identificação ampliada de artigos que pudessem ser relevantes. Mapeou-se os artigos selecionados para a amostra bibliográfica segundo suas características gerais, aplicando-se os critérios de qualidade, dados pelo instrumento \"Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, CASP\" (© Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust, 2002). Os resultados desta produção foram integrados através da análise de conteúdo descrita por Minayo (2004), de modo a buscar temas relacionados à educação em saúde, aos quais foram combinados atributos (ou sub-temas). A busca bibliográfica resultou na identificação de 989 citações nessa temática, das quais 634 foram consideradas relevantes. Após seleção com base na leitura do título, a seguir dos abstracts (340) e por fim dos artigos na íntegra (88), foram classificadas 14 publicações como pertinentes para este estudo. Na metassíntese os aspectos recorrentes e as diferenças entre os artigos foram agrupados em duas modalidades temáticas: contexto dos sujeitos (descrevendo os fatores facilitadores e dificultadores do processo de cessação do tabagismo) e abordagem educativa (com processos facilitadores e dificultadores dos programas de cessação do tabagismo e da relação profissional-paciente apresentados em quadro temático, com comentários). As estratégias de abordagem do processo educativo foram classificadas com base nos elementos da promoção da saúde e nos modelos educacionais. Conclui-se que a metassíntese apresenta-se como metodologia relevante no âmbito da enfermagem (que tem vasta produção de pesquisa qualitativa), pois favorece análises e interpretações com potencial de proporcionar visibilidade e impacto no processo de cuidar e ser cuidado, fornecendo elementos para tomada de decisão. A compreensão sobre temas relacionados às abordagens educativas em saúde, nos processos de cessação do tabagismo, e o seu significado para os pacientes foi ampliada<br>An explorative systematic bibliographic review and meta-synthesis was realized looking to describe and analyze aspects of the educational practices in health, directed to the development of abilities for the smoking cessation, translated through the interpretation of the authors of the qualitative researches published in journals from 2000 to 2007. The smoking question was identified as a complex approach problem, which requires interventions from various aspects. Health education was emphasized, which under the perspective of the empowerment and empowerment education, is liable to the performance of the health professional. Using the qualitative meta-synthesis instrumental method described by Sandelowski and Barroso (2003), it was possible to identify a scientific production of primary qualitative researches about educational practices in the smoking cessation, indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL and LILACS databasis. For this was used qualitative research controlled vocabulary, health education and smoking, besides the free texts and words with truncation, looking to increase the identification of the studies that may be relevant. The selected studies were identified according to its general characteristics, having been applied quality criterias supplied by the \"Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, CASP\" (© Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust, 2002) instrument. The results of this production were integrated through the analysis of content described by Minayo (2004), in order to look for themes related to health education, of which had attributes (sub-themes) combined to them. The bibliographic research resulted in the identification of 989 citations about this theme, where 634 were considered relevant. After the selection based on the title of the studie, following the abstracts (340) and finally of the reading of 88 complete studies, 14 publications were classified as being pertinent to this study. In the meta-synthesis the reoccurring aspects and the differences between the studies were separated in two types of themes: context of the subjects (describing the facilitating and difficulting facts of the smoking cessation process) and education approach (with facilitating and difficulting processes of the smoking cessation programs and of the patient-professional relationship presented in a theme board, with comments). The strategies used in the educational processes were classified based on the elements of the health promotion and on educational models. We conclude that the meta-synthesis presents itself as a relevant methodology in nursing environment (which provides vast qualitative research productions), because it helps in analysis and interpretations with the potential of facilitating visibility and impact in the process of taking care and being taken care of, supplying elements for decision making. The comprehension about themes related to health educational approaches, in the smoking cessation processes, and its meaning to patients, has been increased
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Johnston, Sarah Louise. "Women's experiences of vaginismus and its treatment : an interpretative phenomenological analysis." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28264.
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Female sexual pain is a common problem affecting women worldwide yet remains a poorly researched area of women’s sexual health. Dyspareunia and vaginismus are two types of sexual pain disorder each having psychological and physical health consequences for women and their partners. Part 1: A literature review of the qualitative research literature exploring women’s experiences of sexual pain disorders and their treatment was conducted adopting a narrative synthesis approach. Searches of psychological and medical electronic databases highlighted the paucity of research exploring women’s experiences of sexual pain disorders. Ten studies met the inclusion criteria for the review. The type of qualitative method and quality varied. Findings highlighted the complexity of women’s experiences of sexual pain. Positive experiences of treatment identified alternative benefits of treatment in addition to the traditional outcome of vaginal penetration and penetration without pain. Existing literature has focussed on dyspareunia, and further research is needed on vaginismus. Part 2: The research study used an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of women’s experiences of vaginismus. Three women were interviewed about their experiences of vaginismus and the treatment they received. Interview transcripts were analysed using IPA. The findings identified the complexity of experiencing vaginismus, the struggle the women faced when trying to make sense of their vaginismus and the wider impact of these experiences on their identity. The findings highlight the value of psychological therapy with this client group and of the need to raise awareness amongst primary care professionals whom women with vaginismus are likely to consult in the first instance. Part 3: A critical appraisal of the research process is presented with focus on the experience of conducting qualitative research as a trainee clinical psychologist. A discussion of the findings is presented in the context of critical reflections on both the strengths and limitations of the study.
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Jebadurai, Jeshoor Kumar. "Qualitative research of online drug misuse communities with reference to the novel psychoactive substances." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/11352.
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Objective: This research aimed at reviewing the information provided by the online drug misuse communities with reference to the available evidence-based literature on the novel psychoactive substances. Methodology: Among hundreds of novel psychoactive substances, four groups (phenethylamines, tryptamines, piperazines and miscellaneous) were selected for the study. Various website drug fora were identified by Google and Yahoo search engines using a set of specific key words. The methods consisted of extracting and analysing qualitative data from the identified website fora. This was also supplemented by critical reviewing the existing evidence-based literature search for each of the selected psychoactive compounds. Results: The combined search results identified 84 unique website fora from which qualitative data were extracted for thirty novel psychoactive substances and organised into technical folders. This data extracted from online communities has thrown some light on factors such as the mode of purchase, subjective experiences, reasons for use, combinations, legislation, mechanisms of action in the CNS, side effects, toxicity and its management. This would enable the clinicians to be obtain full history when assessing and would inform better treatment choices. Conclusions: A range of novel psychoactive substances have been made recently available across the globe. The sale is easily achieved through the Internet. New legislations are made to control some recreational substances whilst newer substances appear. Furthermore, the distributors sell the backlog of products even after controlling of the substance has occured and hence are liable to potentiating criminal investigations. It is here suggested as well that the 'genuinity' of each onlince susbtance is questionable. Evidence-based literature is scant for the vast majority of these substances. Accidental overdoses are common occurences and some of the potential life-threatening clinical situations include sympathomimetic toxidrome and serotonin syndrome. Benzodiazepines appear to help with agitation and neuropsychiatric manifestations. Better levels of international cooperation and rapid share of available information may be needed to tackle the emerging problem of the novel psychoactive substances.
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Truter, Elmien. "South African social workers at risk : exploring pathways to their resilience / Elmien Truter." Thesis, North-West University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10645.
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Social workers worldwide play a pivotal role in delivering social services to those in need of such services. Designated social workers (DSWs) deliver statutory services pertaining to the protection of children in need of care and protection. All social workers are confronted by several professional risk factors that jeopardise their well-being; yet risks specifically observed in DSWs support the plea to enhance their resilience. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological inquiry was to explore pathways of resilience among resilient South African DSWs by studying relevant literature and examining South African DSWs’ lived experiences. A secondary purpose was to draw on these experiences and literature to develop guidelines for South African DSW supervisors who may encourage the promotion of DSW resilience. Conducting a qualitative research synthesis was the first step and resulted in the confirmation of social worker risk and a deficient understanding of South African DSW resilience. An advisory panel of social work, DSW, and resilience experts assembled and formulated indicators of resilience in resilient South African DSWs, namely: a value-embedded life, having a support network, and having personal strengths, which, next, facilitated the identification of 15 resilient South African DSWs through snowball sampling. These 15 DSWs wrote narratives and were interviewed through semi-structured interviews in order to explore their lived experiences of workplace risks and their resilience processes. The findings concluded that these DSWs adapted to workplace adversities by living a purpose- and practice-informing creed, enjoying supportive collaborations, engaging in constructive transactions, and accentuating the positive. Guidelines for South African DSW supervisors, which emerged from these findings and literature, were proposed to be framed by reflective supervision as a step towards promoting South African DSW resilience.<br>PhD (Social Work), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2014
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Hughes-Morley, Adwoa. "What are effective methods to recruit research participants into mental health trials?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/what-are-effective-methods-to-recruit-research-participants-into-mental-health-trials(00c200de-b35f-4389-b9a4-afdfb9205453).html.
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Background: There is a great need for effective treatments for mental health problems. Randomised controlled trials are the gold standard for evaluating treatments, however recruitment into trials is challenging, highlighting a clear need for evidence-based recruitment strategies. This thesis aimed to systematically develop a recruitment intervention and evaluate its effectiveness for improving the recruitment of participants into mental health trials. Methods: A mixed-methods approach, adopting the Medical Research Council’s complex interventions framework: 1) a systematic review to identify the evidence base and describe the factors affecting recruitment into depression trials; 2) a qualitative study to understand patients’ decision-making process in declining to enrol in a depression trial; 3) development of a recruitment intervention, using Participatory Design methods; and 4) evaluation of the recruitment intervention, using a randomised controlled trial, embedded in an ongoing mental health trial (the EQUIP trial). The primary outcome was the proportion of participants enrolled in EQUIP. Results: From the systematic review, a conceptual framework of factors influencing the decision to participate was developed, which highlighted that the decision to enrol involves a judgement between risk and reward. Findings suggested that patient and public involvement in research (PPIR) might be advertised to potential participants to reduce such perceived risk. The qualitative study found positive views of trials. Interviewees’ decision making resembled a four-stage process; in each stage they either decided to decline or progressed to the next stage. In Stage 1, those with an established position of declining trials opted out – they are termed ‘prior decliners’. In Stage 2, those who opted out after judging themselves ineligible are termed ‘self-excluders’. In Stage 3, those who decided they did not need the trial therapy and opted out are termed ‘treatment decliners’. In Stage 4, those who opted out after judging that disadvantages outweighed advantages are termed ‘trial decliners’. While ‘prior decliners’ are unlikely to respond to trial recruitment initiatives, the factors leading others to decline are amenable to amelioration as they do not arise from a rejection of trials. We recruited a host mental health trial (EQUIP), and worked with key stakeholders, including mental health service users and carers, to develop an intervention using a leaflet to advertise the nature and function of the PPIR in EQUIP to potential trial participants. 34 community mental health teams were randomised and 8182 patients invited. For the primary outcome, 4% of patients in the PPIR group were enrolled versus 5.3% of the control group. The intervention was not effective for improving recruitment rates (adjusted OR= 0.75, 95% CI= 0.53 to 1.07, p=0.113). Conclusions: This thesis reports the largest ever trial to evaluate the impact of a recruitment intervention. It also reports the largest trial of a PPIR intervention and makes a contribution to the evidence base on trial recruitment as well as to that assessing the impact of PPIR. Two further embedded trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of different versions of the recruitment intervention in different trial contexts and patient populations. This will also allow the results to be pooled to generate a more precise estimate of effect; to evaluate the impact of the intervention on trial retention; and to explore patient experiences of receiving the intervention.
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Paulus, Trena. "Qualitative Research With Digital Tools." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7855.
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The nature of qualitative research design for second language learning has changed considerably with recent technological developments. This workshop introduces participants to how digital tools can be harnessed to create innovative workflows to support the entire research process. This includes becoming networked scholars through a variety of social media platforms; engaging in a paperless literature review process; generating data from online sources and mobile apps; transcribing with artificial intelligence applications; adopting appropriate data analysis software; and representing findings in ways that will reach the intended audience. Not only will participants gain a comprehensive introduction to the most recent digital tool developments as they apply to qualitative research, but, through detailed demonstrations, they will also learn how to analyze the affordances and constraints of such tools as well as the ethical implications of their use. Course materials will be drawn from the instructor’s forthcoming book, Doing Qualitative Research with Digital Tools(Sage, 2020). Topics to be covered will include (with tool examples): Networking through academic social media platforms (Google Scholar profiles, ORCID and ResearchGate) Developing a paperless literature review process using cloud storage (Dropbox), citation management software (Mendeley), annotating apps (GoodReader), and QDAS tools (ATLAS.ti 8) Collecting data through mobile apps (Evernote), social media sites (Twitter), and GeoDocs (Google Earth) Transcribing in ways that synchronize the media file with the text (Youtube), harness the capabilities of artificial intelligence (Otter.ai) and enable “hands-free” transcription (Google Voice) Selecting an appropriate qualitative data analysis software package (e.g. ATLAS.ti) Writing and representing findings in innovative ways (Authorea, Google Docs)
The purpose of the workshop is to provide participants with a comprehensive demonstration (rather than a step-by-step tutorial), of how digital tools can support efficient and effective methodological workflows. Laptops will be useful for exploring some of the software applications and online resources, but are not required.
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Byrne, James William. "Teaching and learning ethical research competence in qualitative research." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494300.
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This thesis presents an autoethnographic account of an Action Research inquiry into the teaching and learning of research ethics in a particular university department. UiMS: My aims were: (1) to figure out how to research the following three questions: (a) How is it possible to teach and/or learn ethical research competence? (b) How is it currently done? And (c) is it important/possible/relevant to improve current approaches? Then, (2) to apply my learning to developing a solution to identified problems.
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楊謹鴻 and Kim-fong Roseline Yong. "Exploring hikikomori: a mixed methods qualitative research." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41712146.
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Paulus, Trena, and J. N. Lester. "Digital Tools 2020: Frontiers in Qualitative Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7854.
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Yong, Kim-fong Roseline. "Exploring hikikomori a mixed methods qualitative research /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41712146.
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Peck, Blake. "Hermeneutic Constructivism : An Ontology for Qualitative Research." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2012. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/69329.
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This thesis begins with contemporary qualitative research, where the extent of what is understood about human experience is reduced to the representations constructed by researchers. In this situation, where the qualitative researcher has a monopoly on the representation produced, there is no scope for a consideration of the expressive nature of language – in particular, the way that language discloses the world differently for each individual person. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to develop a theoretical approach for understanding the personal realities of the people involved in qualitative research that reinstates the centrality of the dialogic in understanding.<br>Doctor of Philosophy
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Rotondi, Patricia Marie. "Qualitative Research on Adoption and Adoption Incentives." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579326.
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Adoption is a very honorable cause that families partake in with hopes of offering children an opportunity who otherwise would have little or nothing at all. Though a noble fight, many children are still left behind in adoption centers with families out there wanting them, yet they are not matching up? I wanted to undercover why that was. My paper is a Qualitative Research project on the adoption process conducted through four personal interviews from successfully adopting families. Through my interview schedule the goal of my research was to look for patterns and trends in the adoption process to better understand how it works. Along with my findings, my overall purpose was through learning of how it really works, to then possibly correct flawed mechanisms in our adoption systems to produce better outcomes for the children, as well as all of society.
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Yu, Ke. "The researcher-practitioner relationship in qualitative educational research /." Saarbrücken : VDM, Müller, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989113051/04.
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Modd, Peter. "Corporate Identity Change : A qualitative research of BP." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-14581.
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Background – Corporate identity has emerged as an interesting subject. Companies’ care about how people perceive them and it is important for companies that people have a good impression about them. Catastrophes and other happenings can seriously harm a company. Corporate identity is concerned with the personality of the organization. It is designed to help the organization to achieve its goals. The term is rather complex and contains many different aspects. One of BP’s oilrigs in the Gulf of Mexico sank due to an explosion. It became an environmental catastrophe with oil spread over gigantic areas. BP was accused of acting slowly and preventing media to reach the polluted beaches. Further, they have also influenced the search results on Google. BP has created a bad reputation in the market due to the way they have been handling the oil spill. The public has started to question the actions by BP and they have started to express opinions about the company. This study will cover the different expression the public opinion has been taken against BP. Further, it will cover how those impressions have been affected the corporate identity of BP. Purpose – The aim of this study is to measure if and to which extent BP’s Corporate Identity has been affected by public opinion, due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in spring 2010. Method – The study employs a qualitative method. The data is based on primary data collection from online newspapers journals and scientific books. The theoretical section is based on information gathered mostly from journals and scientific books while the information about the oil spill comes mostly from online newspapers. Findings/Conclusions– My research found that the public opinion has been affecting BP’s corporate identity negatively. Further, BP’s actions after the disaster have contributed to the negative opinion about the company. The Greenpeace and Facebook action has helped to spread the public opinion.
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Yu, Ke. "The researcher-practitioner relationship in qualitative educational research." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2004. http://d-nb.info/989113051/04.
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Marek, Greta I., P. Neal, A. Roache, and B. Crouch. "Panel participation on 2015 Quantitative and Qualitative Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8405.
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Lopez-Garces, Marcela. "Qualitative research and disabilities : researchers' perceptions and experiences /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Irvin, Miriam, and Wilma Shepard. "A qualitative research study on fetal alcohol syndrome." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/978.
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Sullivan, Paul W. "Qualitative data analysis using a dialogical approach." SAGE, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5842.
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Keith, Karin, and Renee Rice Moran. "Qualitative Ethnography." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1002.
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Grainger, Roger. "A synthesis of dramatherapy research." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327695.
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Schier, Christa Marianne. "Qualitative Internet research : its objects, methods and ethical challenges." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4356.
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Meho, Lokman I. "E-Mail Interviewing in Qualitative Research: A Methodological Discussion." Wiley, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105865.
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This article summarizes findings from studies that employed electronic mail (e-mail) for conducting indepth interviewing. It discusses the benefits of, and the challenges associated with, using e-mail interviewing in qualitative research. The article concludes that while a mixed mode interviewing strategy should be considered when possible, e-mail interviewing can be in many cases a viable alternative to face-to-face and telephone interviewing. A list of recommendations for carrying out effective e-mail interviews is presented.
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Sykes, Bryan L., Thomas Plümper, Vera E. Troeger, and Eric Neumayer. "Case selection and causal inferences in qualitative comparative research." Public Library of Science, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7105/1/file.pdf.
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Traditionally, social scientists perceived causality as regularity. As a consequence, qualitative
comparative case study research was regarded as unsuitable for drawing causal inferences
since a few cases cannot establish regularity. The dominant perception of causality
has changed, however. Nowadays, social scientists define and identify causality through
the counterfactual effect of a treatment. This brings causal inference in qualitative comparative
research back on the agenda since comparative case studies can identify counterfactual
treatment effects. We argue that the validity of causal inferences from the comparative
study of cases depends on the employed case-selection algorithm. We employ Monte Carlo
techniques to demonstrate that different case-selection rules strongly differ in their ex ante
reliability for making valid causal inferences and identify the most and the least reliable case
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Ruvalcaba, Socorro Maria, and Lupe Ayon Perez. "A qualitative research study on aging Latino substance abusers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/889.
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Goren-Watts, Rachael Brooke. "Eating Disorder Metaphors: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis of Women's Experiences." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1311014326.
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van, Doremalen Lisa. "80HD : ADHD an explorative research." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-244814.
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ADHD, attention deficit hyperactive disorder was first described as such in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, the DSM in 1987. Since then the disorder has had great interest from research but also from society. The amount of ADHD diagnoses has increased every year since the disorder has been established by the American Psychiatric Association and is in recent years the most established mental illness among children and adults. The goal of this paper is to explore how people diagnosed with ADHD subjectively define and experience the abstract object of ADHD. Previous research focuses on mapping the problems and impairments resulting from this “illness”, to gain more insight into the differences between people diagnosed with ADHD, and people who do not possess the described symptoms, often focused on the problems people experience. Social constructionists look upon ADHD as socially constructed; a socially valued dysfunction, a deviant pattern of behaviour was once observed and categorised into what we now call symptoms. The word symptom demonstrates indication or evidence, and the abstract object takes on disease like properties. The object becomes reified, which means as much as become real. The result is that ADHD is seen as the cause of problems, instead of a group of problems that was once labelled ADHD. The informants used for this research seem to have problems with controlling their impulses, which besides negatively influencing executive functioning, causes problems with social interaction. The informants often express feeling misunderstood by their environment, they feel different. They feel discriminated against by the structures of school, work and society as a whole which, they feel, impairs their abilities and missuses their talents. They express to feel at ease when they are fully occupied with something interesting and seem to call for understanding for their inabilities and space to develop their talents.
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Löfvenius, Johanna. "The construction of happiness : a qualitative approach to happiness research." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Social Work, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6697.
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<p>Happiness research is advancing as an academic discipline as well as on the political agenda. An aspect, largely ignored in the field, is what impact an individual’s construction of the good life has on his or her subjective well-being. The purpose of this paper was to investigate how people in different situations in life and with different backgrounds construct the idea of a good life and the importance these constructions may have in explaining subjective well-being. Despite the differences between themselves, the respondents’ constructions of the good life were shown to have a lot in common. Some factors in the good life were shared by the respondents, such as relations to other people, access to food, water and housing, whereas in other aspects, such as money and time, the constructions of the good life differed quite a lot from one another. When evaluating their own lives the respondents used quite different criteria mostly corresponding to their idea of the good life. If this is a general pattern, possible to replicate in other studies, one may in the future be able to draw the conclusion that the construction of the good life has an effect on our subjective well-being.</p>
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Toraiwa, Tomoka. "Oscillations of Power : Conducting Qualitative Research in a Foreign Country." 名古屋大学大学院国際言語文化研究科, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/14072.
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Heikkilä, Kasper. "Measuring and managing wellness : A qualitative research in Finnish companies." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-340738.
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Abstract: This research explores management of strategic wellness in Finnish companies by adding a qualitative perspective to the previous research and by filling gaps related how wellness is measured and which categories of wellness management have the most effect on the financial performance, customer interaction, business processes, and learning & growth of a company. The wellness categories are connected to balanced scorecard categories based on criteria: wellness categories need to have quantitative measurements and they need to be connected to BSC improvements. The study is done via interviewing company representatives through semi-structured interviews. The results were analysed with the help of previous research related to wellness management and the balanced scorecard. The main theories used in this research are based on strategic wellness management and the Balanced Scorecard. The sample studied for this research consists of Finnish companies of different sizes and industries, limited to office work. The findings show that companies are interested and motivated in measuring and managing wellness of their employees. The biggest issues are related to the setting of realistic and achievable wellness goals, and the measurements in many areas of wellness management make it difficult measure the exact effects in different performance aspects, and what exactly causes these effects. The only wellness management category which has proper quantifiable measurements which makes its outcomes measurable with the BSC are the wellness processes. From the perspective of BSC categories, the most impact from wellness processes was seen under the learning and growth category. This research fills some gaps in knowledge of what wellness management can cause in a company.
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Denenholz, Laura. "Qualitative and Quantitative Method Comparison in Animal-Assisted Therapy Research." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/232.
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While there have been many presentations and anecdotal evidence in support of AAT, quantitative empirically validated studies are very limited. Without quantitative empirical studies to support the effectiveness of AAT, it remains an unproven complement to traditional physical and psychotherapeutic practices (Kruger & Serpell,2010). The value and importance of non-empirical literature on AAT,including therapists’ observations, various author’s personal experiences, and unstructured interviews with patients, will be explored in the next section. Empirical literature on AAT, including scientific experiment and controlled research studies, will also be addressed. Finally, a conclusion providing ideas for future directions in research in this discipline will be presented.
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Chan, So-Ming Clio, and 陳素明. "Why aided schools have not joined DSS: a qualitative research." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957699.
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Redwood, Sabina. "Ethics in qualitative research or the terible process of undecidability." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435968.
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Bailey, Christopher Donald. "A sentimental education : rediscovering strong evaluation in qualitative nursing research." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414389.
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McKenzie-Smith, Savi. "Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed older adults : a qualitative research study." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3135/.
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This thesis is a qualitative investigation of once-weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy practised by the researcher over a period of one year with a sample of six patients, all of whom were over 65 at the beginning of their treatment and had been previously diagnosed by clinical referrers as depressed. The purpose of the study was to explore whether psychotherapy could alleviate their distress and enhance the quality of their later life. It was also to investigate if there were other reasons for depression in later life than the failure to mourn early losses. In an earlier study I had applied the method of psychoanalytic infant observation to the study of aged adults suffering from dementia, both to learn about their states of mind and to study their responses to this kind of close observational attention. This new study brings my training and experience as a child and adult psychotherapist to bear on the experience of older adults. I adopted a qualitative method of research, applying a form of Grounded Theory to the analysis of clinical data which I wrote up in detail after each clinical session. I sought to identify themes which explained the origins of depression in later life in otherwise well-functioning adults both from thematic analysis of the separate case studies and by comparing them, In a follow-up review meeting three months after the completion of treatment research patients completed a questionnaire which enabled me to assess the changes which had taken place as a consequence of clinical treatment. These results and the outcomes of the CORE measures, an independent assessment, indicated significant improvements in the states of mind of all the patients since the beginning of their psychotherapy. The context for this qualitative clinical study is provided by a chapter which reviews the literature on the psychology and especially the psychoanalytic study of old age, identifying earlier theoretical contributions beginning with the work of Freud which were formative to my work. A central finding of my study was that losses, sometimes from childhood, remained the significant unrecognized sources of depression, and that enabling patients to reflect on aspirations which were no longer attainable could bring them relief from depression and a renewed interest in life. Most previous psychoanalytic writing in this field is based on single clinical cases. My study is original both in its systematic comparison of six cases of depression in old age and in its adoption of an explicitly qualitative research method adapted to clinical data. A further context for my investigation is provided by a chapter in which my research methodology is described. A chapter on the social context of old age is included, which takes note of the growing proportion of aged people in the population and the demands placed on social provision to meet their physical needs as well as their mental well being. The final chapter draws some further conclusions and recommendations from the study.
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Nyberg, Dan. "An investigation of qualitative research methodology for perceptual audio evaluation." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier ljudteknik och upplevelseproduktion och teater, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17438.
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This thesis investigates whether a qualitative research method, using phenomenological interviews and analysis, can be successfully applied to perceptual audio research, a field heretofore that has mainly used quantitative methods. The method is investigated by studying the types of information elicited by the method and the information’s usefulness and relevance to the conducted study. The qualitative method is applied in three different conditions: a non-experimental condition, an experimental condition, and an experimental condition using mixed-methods. The thesis also identifies implications associated with using a qualitative method in a quantitative field of research, implications that researchers should acknowledge and consider. All scientific criteria in which the quantitative research is judged cannot directly be applied to a qualitative method. A qualitative method has to be judged on its own framework, departure points, and scientific criteria. The information elicited from the qualitative method contains information that supports known knowledge and adds new knowledge. It supplements the accessibility to the subjects’ perceptions and used methods when conducting a perceptual evaluation task. In conclusion, a qualitative research method that consists of phenomenological interviews and analyses can be successfully applied in all the tested conditions.<br><p>Godkänd; 2012; 20121119 (dannyb); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämne: Ljudteknik Examinator: Biträdande professor Jan Berg, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: PhD, Senior Lecturer Natanya Ford, Bucks New University, United Kingdom Tid: Fredag den 18 januari 2013 kl 13.00 Plats: L165, Musikhögskolan Piteå, Luleå tekniska universitet</p>
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Kohlbacher, Florian. "The Use of Qualitative Content Analysis in Case Study Research." Institut für Qualitative Forschung, 2006. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5315/1/75%2D195%2D1%2DPB.pdf.
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This paper aims at exploring and discussing the possibilities of applying qualitative content
analysis as a (text) interpretation method in case study research. First, case study research as a
research strategy within qualitative social research is briefly presented. Then, a basic introduction
to (qualitative) content analysis as an interpretation method for qualitative interviews and other data
material is given. Finally the use of qualitative content analysis for developing case studies is examined
and evaluated. The author argues in favor of both case study research as a research strategy
and qualitative content analysis as a method of examination of data material and seeks to encourage
the integration of qualitative content analysis into the data analysis in case study research.
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Harden, Angela. "'Qualitative' research, systematic reviews, and evidence-informed policy and practice." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019291/.
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This thesis makes a distinctive contribution to debates about how to include and quality assess 'qualitative' research in systematic reviews. It analyses sets of quality criteria, assesses the impact of study quality on findings and compares 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' perspectives on quality. The research consists of a review of the literature and three new methodological studies. The first study surveyed and evaluated quality assessment tools, the second analysed the development of a new tool, and the third examined the relationship between the quality of 'qualitative' research and the findings of systematic reviews. A large number of different quality criteria have been proposed for 'qualitative' research but assessment tools represent 'good practice' guides rather than aids to distinguish between 'good' and 'bad' studies. Continuous funding, a policy-focussed context, and a multi-disciplinary team which viewed research questions as drivers for quality assessment were important factors for developing a unique tool which did help to distinguish between studies. There was no straightforward relationship between study quality and the findings of reviews. However, excluding lower quality studies had little impact on review findings. Studies which made the biggest contribution to reviews were those with appropriate methods for the review question and findings displaying conceptual depth. In contrast to procedures for 'quantitative' research, engaging with study findings as well as study methods is important for assessing fully the quality of 'qualitative' research. This thesis generates important empirical evidence for debates about how to assess the quality of 'qualitative' research. It shows how standard quality assessment protocols need to be altered better to fit 'qualitative' research, reveals how study quality can impact on review findings and demonstrates some problems with the terms 'qualitative' and 'quantitative'. Future debate in this area should focus on how to identify reliable answers to questions about intervention process, context and need.
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Hemming, Lynae Sue. "Qualitative Research as a Creative Teaching Technique: A Phenomenological Study." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27956.
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Phenomenological inquiry was utilized to explore masters level counseling students? experiences completing a qualitative research project as part of a Shame and Shame Resiliency course. Five of seven counseling students who participated in the Shame and Shame Resiliency course and completed the qualitative research project participated in an about their experience completing the assignment and the impact it had on their learning and growth. The qualitative research assignments were also analyzed by the researcher. The researcher identified themes and numerous subthemes using Moustakas (1994) method for data analysis. Four main themes were identified (Process of the Qualitative Research Project; Impact of the Qualitative Research Project; Learning Outcomes of the Qualitative Research Project and the Context of the Qualitative Research Project). Creative pedagogy was used as a framework for understanding student learning. Implications for counselor education and research are discussed.
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Chan, So-Ming Clio. "Why aided schools have not joined DSS : a qualitative research /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14042782.
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