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Christine Bradway - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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characteristics of qualitative Descriptive Studies a systematic review
Research in Nursing & Health, 2017Co-Authors: Hyejin Kim, Justine S Sefcik, Christine BradwayAbstract:Qualitative description (QD) is a term that is widely used to describe qualitative Studies of health care and nursing-related phenomena. However, limited discussions regarding QD are found in the existing literature. In this systematic review, we identified characteristics of methods and findings reported in research articles published in 2014 whose authors identified the work as QD. After searching and screening, data were extracted from the sample of 55 QD articles and examined to characterize research objectives, design justification, theoretical/philosophical frameworks, sampling and sample size, data collection and sources, data analysis, and presentation of findings. In this review, three primary findings were identified. First, although there were some inconsistencies, most articles included characteristics consistent with the limited available QD definitions and descriptions. Next, flexibility or variability of methods was common and effective for obtaining rich data and achieving understanding of a phenomenon. Finally, justification for how a QD approach was chosen and why it would be an appropriate fit for a particular study was limited in the sample and, therefore, in need of increased attention. Based on these findings, recommendations include encouragement to researchers to provide as many details as possible regarding the methods of their QD Studies so that readers can determine whether the methods used were reasonable and effective in producing useful findings. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Dieter Hahnloser - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Personality traits and virtual reality performance.
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques, 2012Co-Authors: Rachel Rosenthal, Juliane Schäfer, Henry Hoffmann, Martina Vitz, Daniel Oertli, Dieter HahnloserAbstract:Background Surgeons’ personalities have been described as different from those of the general population, but this was based on small Descriptive Studies limited by the choice of evaluation instrument. Furthermore, although the importance of the human factor in team performance has been recognized, the effect of personality traits on technical performance is unknown. This study aimed to compare surgical residents’ personality traits with those of the general population and to evaluate whether an association exists between their personality traits and technical performance using a virtual reality (VR) laparoscopy simulator.
Yunkyung Chang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a systematic review comparing antiretroviral adherence Descriptive and intervention Studies conducted in the usa
Aids Care-psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of Aids\ hiv, 2009Co-Authors: Margarete Sandelowski, Yunkyung Chang, Corrine I. Voils, Eun Jeong LeeAbstract:We examined the extent to which Studies aimed at testing interventions to improve antiretroviral adherence have targeted the facilitators of and barriers known to affect adherence. Of the 88 reports reviewed, 41 were reports of Descriptive Studies conducted with US HIV-positive women and 47 were reports of intervention Studies conducted with US HIV-positive persons. We extracted from the Descriptive Studies all findings addressing any factor linked to antiretroviral adherence and from the intervention Studies, information on the nature of the intervention, the adherence problem targeted, the persons targeted for the intervention, and the intervention outcomes desired. We discerned congruence between the prominence of substance abuse as a factor identified in the Descriptive Studies as a barrier to adherence and its prominence as the problem most addressed in those reports of intervention Studies that specified the problems targeted for intervention. We also discerned congruence between the prominence of family and provider support as factors identified in the Descriptive Studies as facilitators of adherence and the presence of social support as an intervention component and outcome variable. Less discernible in the reports of intervention Studies was specific attention to other factors prominent in the Descriptive Studies, which may be due to the complex nature of the problem, individualistic and rationalist slant of interventions, or simply the ways interventions were presented. Our review raises issues about niche standardization and intervention tailoring, targeting, and fidelity.
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Transforming verbal counts in reports of qualitative Descriptive Studies into numbers.
Western journal of nursing research, 2009Co-Authors: Yunkyung Chang, Corrine I. Voils, Margarete Sandelowski, Vic Hasselblad, Jamie L. CrandellAbstract:Reports of qualitative Studies typically do not offer much information on the numbers of respondents linked to any one finding. This information may be especially useful in reports of basic, or minimally interpretive, qualitative Descriptive Studies focused on surveying a range of experiences in a target domain, and its lack may limit the ability to synthesize the results of such Studies with quantitative results in systematic reviews. Accordingly, the authors illustrate strategies for deriving plausible ranges of respondents expressing a finding in a set of reports of basic qualitative Descriptive Studies on antiretroviral adherence and suggest how the results might be used. These strategies have limitations and are never appropriate for use with findings from interpretive qualitative Studies. Yet they offer a temporary workaround for preserving and maximizing the value of information from basic qualitative Descriptive Studies for systematic reviews. They show also why quantitizing is never simply quantitative.
Margarete Sandelowski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a systematic review comparing antiretroviral adherence Descriptive and intervention Studies conducted in the usa
Aids Care-psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of Aids\ hiv, 2009Co-Authors: Margarete Sandelowski, Yunkyung Chang, Corrine I. Voils, Eun Jeong LeeAbstract:We examined the extent to which Studies aimed at testing interventions to improve antiretroviral adherence have targeted the facilitators of and barriers known to affect adherence. Of the 88 reports reviewed, 41 were reports of Descriptive Studies conducted with US HIV-positive women and 47 were reports of intervention Studies conducted with US HIV-positive persons. We extracted from the Descriptive Studies all findings addressing any factor linked to antiretroviral adherence and from the intervention Studies, information on the nature of the intervention, the adherence problem targeted, the persons targeted for the intervention, and the intervention outcomes desired. We discerned congruence between the prominence of substance abuse as a factor identified in the Descriptive Studies as a barrier to adherence and its prominence as the problem most addressed in those reports of intervention Studies that specified the problems targeted for intervention. We also discerned congruence between the prominence of family and provider support as factors identified in the Descriptive Studies as facilitators of adherence and the presence of social support as an intervention component and outcome variable. Less discernible in the reports of intervention Studies was specific attention to other factors prominent in the Descriptive Studies, which may be due to the complex nature of the problem, individualistic and rationalist slant of interventions, or simply the ways interventions were presented. Our review raises issues about niche standardization and intervention tailoring, targeting, and fidelity.
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Transforming verbal counts in reports of qualitative Descriptive Studies into numbers.
Western journal of nursing research, 2009Co-Authors: Yunkyung Chang, Corrine I. Voils, Margarete Sandelowski, Vic Hasselblad, Jamie L. CrandellAbstract:Reports of qualitative Studies typically do not offer much information on the numbers of respondents linked to any one finding. This information may be especially useful in reports of basic, or minimally interpretive, qualitative Descriptive Studies focused on surveying a range of experiences in a target domain, and its lack may limit the ability to synthesize the results of such Studies with quantitative results in systematic reviews. Accordingly, the authors illustrate strategies for deriving plausible ranges of respondents expressing a finding in a set of reports of basic qualitative Descriptive Studies on antiretroviral adherence and suggest how the results might be used. These strategies have limitations and are never appropriate for use with findings from interpretive qualitative Studies. Yet they offer a temporary workaround for preserving and maximizing the value of information from basic qualitative Descriptive Studies for systematic reviews. They show also why quantitizing is never simply quantitative.
Kees Van Heeringen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Epidemiology of Psychiatric Emergency Referrals in Four Regions of Belgium
Crisis, 1996Co-Authors: Daniel Spooren, Constantin Jannes, Hilde Henderick, Kees Van HeeringenAbstract:Over a period of two years, all psychiatric emergency referrals at the emergency department of four public hospitals were monitored using a standardized form. The results showed that the hospitals share a typical profile of the psychiatric emergency department user. The profile is consistent with earlier Descriptive Studies, in Belgium as well as in other countries. Possible ways to overcome problems with data collection within the setting of a psychiatric emergency department are suggested. Finally, the necessity of monitoring the service needs of specific subgroups is discussed.