Exposing the Backstage: Critical Reflections on a Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Residents’ Care Networks in Assisted Living
| Autor: | Candace L. Kemp, Patrick Doyle, Elizabeth Avent, Mary M. Ball, Joy Dillard, Molly M. Perkins, Andrea Fitzroy, Jennifer Craft Morgan, Elisabeth O. Burgess, Christina Barmon, Victoria E. Helmly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Value (ethics)
media_common.quotation_subject Article Field (computer science) Ethics Research 03 medical and health sciences Professional Role 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Assisted Living Facilities Humans Medicine Quality (business) Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Duration (project management) Qualitative Research media_common Medical education Teamwork Data collection 030504 nursing Scope (project management) business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Continuity of Patient Care Research Design Independent Living 0305 other medical science business Confidentiality Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative Health Research. 27:1190-1202 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7557 1049-7323 |
| Popis: | In this article, we analyze the research experiences associated with a longitudinal qualitative study of residents’ care networks in assisted living. Using data from researcher meetings, field notes, and memos, we critically examine our design and decision making and accompanying methodological implications. We focus on one complete wave of data collection involving 28 residents and 114 care network members in four diverse settings followed for 2 years. We identify study features that make our research innovative, but that also represent significant challenges. They include the focus and topic; settings and participants; scope and design complexity; nature, modes, frequency, and duration of data collection; and analytic approach. Each feature has methodological implications, including benefits and challenges pertaining to recruitment, retention, data collection, quality, and management, research team work, researcher roles, ethics, and dissemination. Our analysis demonstrates the value of our approach and of reflecting on and sharing methodological processes for cumulative knowledge building. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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