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Methodologic Analysis of the Qualitative Studies (n = 355), Mixed Methods (n = 37), and Nursing Journals (n = 211) |
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| Category |
# All studies |
% All studies |
# Mixed Methods |
% for Mixed Methods |
# Nursing Journals |
% Nursing Journals |
|
|
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| Analysis Type |
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| Phenomenology |
131 |
37 |
14 |
37 |
87 |
41.2 |
| Grounded Theory |
124 |
35 |
10 |
26 |
74 |
35.1 |
| Ethnography |
64 |
18 |
8 |
21 |
33 |
15.6 |
| Case Studies |
24 |
7 |
5 |
13* |
9 |
4.3** |
| Narratives |
21 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
5.7 |
| Participatory |
13 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
4.7 |
| Critical Incident Technique |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.4 |
| Discourse Analysis |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.4 |
| Data Collection |
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| Semi-structured Interviews |
272 |
77 |
27 |
71 |
167 |
79.1 |
| Observation |
64 |
18 |
6 |
16 |
37 |
17.5 |
| Focus Groups |
50 |
14 |
5 |
13 |
31 |
14.7 |
| Questionnaires |
25 |
7 |
9*** |
24 |
14 |
6.6 |
| Documents |
23 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
5.2 |
| Unstructured Interviews |
13 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
4.7 |
| Structured Interviews |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.9 |
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* P < 0.001 **P < 0.025 *** P < 0.01 | ||||||
McKibbon and Gadd BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2004 4:11 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-4-11 |
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