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The family research interview

01 April 2009

Nurse Researcher

General

Family researchers enter a sacred space in which the most intimate, formative and sustaining processes of human existence take place. Shared, multi­generational...

Why undertake a pilot in a qualitative PhD study? Lessons learned to promote success

23 January 2017

Nurse Researcher

Evidence & practice

Background Pilot studies can play an important role in qualitative studies. Methodological and practical issues can be shaped and refined by undertaking pilots....

Reflections of older people living in nursing homes

31 January 2014

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Aim To explore experiences of ageing in older people living in nursing homes, based on the gerotranscendence theory. Method Interviews were held with 14 people aged...

Deciding on a mixed-methods design in a doctoral study

22 October 2010

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

Research in social science, including nursing, can be broadly split into two main types, qualitative and quantitative. Each has strengths and weaknesses. In some...

Applying the Pictor technique to research interviews with people affected by advanced disease

21 September 2012

Nurse Researcher

A&S Science

Aim To outline some of the challenges facing people affected by advanced disease who want to participate in research interviews, and to present Pictor, a method that...

Using storyboards in participatory research

22 January 2016

Nurse Researcher

Qualitative data collection

Aim To draw on the authors’ experience of research conducted with vulnerable young women to argue for the use of storyboards in focus groups. Background Creative...

An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data. Part 1: theoretical issues

01 October 2002

Nurse Researcher

General

In this paper, the first of two, Helena Priest, Paula Roberts and Leslie Woods discuss the essential features and methods inherent within three approaches to the...

An overview of three different approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data. Part 2: practical illustrations

01 October 2002

Nurse Researcher

General

This paper continues the discussion of the essential features and methods inherent within three approaches to the interpretation of qualitative data presented in...

Involving mental health service users in suicide-related research: a qualitative inquiry model

21 March 2016

Nurse Researcher

Engaging service users

Aim To describe the research model developed and successfully deployed as part of a multi-method qualitative study investigating suicidal service-users’ experiences...