A framework for selecting data generation strategies in qualitative health research studies.
data collection
data generation
methods
qualitative health research
Journal
Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association
ISSN: 1365-277X
Titre abrégé: J Hum Nutr Diet
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8904840
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
30
06
2022
accepted:
03
01
2023
medline:
17
7
2023
pubmed:
9
1
2023
entrez:
8
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Qualitative health research has the potential to answer important applied health research questions to inform nutrition and dietetics practice, education and policy. Qualitative health research is a distinct subdiscipline of qualitative inquiry that purposefully draws upon the context of healthcare and emphasises health and wellness. Qualitative health research is defined by two parameters: (1) the focus of the study and (2) the methods used. When considering the methods to be used, decisions are required about the type of data to be generated (e.g., transcripts, images and notes) and the process involved in data generation (e.g., interviews, elicitation strategies and observations) to answer the research question(s). Drawing upon examples from nutrition and dietetics literature, this paper provides a framework to support decision-making for nutrition and dietetics researchers and clinician researchers designing conducting qualitative health research. The guiding questions of the framework include: What types of data will be generated? Who is involved in data generation? Where will data generation occur? When will data generation occur? How will data be recorded and managed? and How will participants' and researchers' emotional safety be promoted? Questions about the types of data, those involved, where and when, as well as how safety can be maintained in data generation, not only support a more robust design and description of data generation methods but also keep the person at the centre of the research.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Qualitative health research has the potential to answer important applied health research questions to inform nutrition and dietetics practice, education and policy. Qualitative health research is a distinct subdiscipline of qualitative inquiry that purposefully draws upon the context of healthcare and emphasises health and wellness.
METHODS
METHODS
Qualitative health research is defined by two parameters: (1) the focus of the study and (2) the methods used. When considering the methods to be used, decisions are required about the type of data to be generated (e.g., transcripts, images and notes) and the process involved in data generation (e.g., interviews, elicitation strategies and observations) to answer the research question(s). Drawing upon examples from nutrition and dietetics literature, this paper provides a framework to support decision-making for nutrition and dietetics researchers and clinician researchers designing conducting qualitative health research.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The guiding questions of the framework include: What types of data will be generated? Who is involved in data generation? Where will data generation occur? When will data generation occur? How will data be recorded and managed? and How will participants' and researchers' emotional safety be promoted?
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Questions about the types of data, those involved, where and when, as well as how safety can be maintained in data generation, not only support a more robust design and description of data generation methods but also keep the person at the centre of the research.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1480-1495Subventions
Organisme : None
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The British Dietetic Association Ltd.
Références
Luciani M, Campbell K, Tschirhart H, Ausili D, Jack SM. How to design a qualitative health research study. Part 1: design and purposeful sampling considerations. Prof Inferm. 2019;72:152-61.
Thorne S. Toward methodological emancipation in applied health research. Qual Health Res. 2011;21:443-53.
Morse JM. Qualitative health research: Creating a new discipline. New York: Routledge; 2012.
Moisey LL, A. Campbell K, Whitmore C, Jack SM. Advancing qualitative health research approaches in applied nutrition research. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2022;35:376-87.
Brady J, Gingras J. Critical dietetics: axiological foundations. In: Coveney J, Booth S, editors. Critical dietetics and critical nutrition studies. 2nd ed. Springer; 2019.
Denzin NK. Moments, mixed methods, and paradigm dialogs. Qual Inq. 2010;16:419-27.
Draper A, Swift JA. Qualitative research in nutrition and dietetics: data collection issues. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2011;24:3-12.
Spencer R, Pryce JM, Walsh J. Philosophical approaches to qualitative research. In: Leavy P editor. The Oxford handbook of qualitative research. Oxford University Press; 2020. p. 112-42.
Palermo C, Reidlinger DP, Rees CE. Internal coherence matters: lessons for nutrition and dietetics research. Nutr Diet. 2021;78:252-67.
Carter SM, Little M. Justifying knowledge, justifying method, taking action: epistemologies, methodologies, and methods in qualitative research. Qual Health Res. 2007;17:1316-28.
Given LM. The Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE; 2008.
Vesnaver E, Keller HH, Payette H, Shatenstein B. Dietary resilience as described by older community-dwelling adults from the NuAge study “if there is a will -there is a way!”. Appetite. 2012;58:730-8.
Herber OR, Bradbury-Jones C, Böling S, Combes S, Hirt J, Koop Y, et al. What feedback do reviewers give when reviewing qualitative manuscripts? A focused mapping review and synthesis. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020;20:122.
Patinadan PV, Tan-Ho G, Choo PY, Low CX, Ho AHY. ‘Food for Life and Palliation (FLiP)’: a qualitative study for understanding and empowering dignity and identity for terminally ill patients in Asia. BMJ Open. 2021;11:e038914.
Creswell JW, Poth CN. Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; 2018.
van den Hoonaard DK. Qualitative research in action: A Canadian primer. 3rd ed. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press; 2019.
Bradbury-Jones C. Enhancing rigour in qualitative health research: exploring subjectivity through Peshkin's I's. J Adv Nurs. 2007;59:290-8.
Gentles SJ, Jack SM, Nicholas DB, et al. Critical approach to reflexivity in grounded theory. Qual Rep. 2014;19:1-14.
Finlay L. “Outing” the researcher: the provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qual Health Res. 2002;12:531-45.
Rae J, Green B. Portraying reflexivity in health services research. Qual Health Res. 2016;26:1543-9.
Tong A, Sainsbury P, Craig J. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups. Int J Qual Health Care. 2007;19:349-57.
O'Brien BC, Harris IB, Beckman TJ, Reed DA, Cook DA. Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations. Acad Med. 2014;89:1245-51.
Wisniewski A Are you a South Beach or an Atkins girl? A qualitative inquiry into middle-aged women's experiences as consumers of weight-loss media [dissertation]. [Fredericton, NB]: University of New Brunswick; 2013.
Rogerson D, Soltani H, Copeland R. The weight-loss experience: a qualitative exploration. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:371.
Morley C, Bonnell H. Phenomenology and IBD: living with and studying eating with inflammatory bowel disease. Crit Diet. 2019;4:63-7.
Ferdinands AR, McHugh T-LF, Storey K, Raine KD. Reflections on applying institutional ethnography in participatory weight stigma research with young women. Int J Qual Methods. 2022;21:160940692211009.
Brinkmann S. Unstructured and semistructured interviewing. In: Leavy P, editor. The Oxford handbook of qualitative research. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press; 2020.
Jamshed S. Qualitative research method-interviewing and observation. J Basic Clin Pharm. 2014;5:87-8.
Orr ER, Ballantyne M, Gonzalez A, Jack SM. Visual elicitation: methods for enhancing the quality and depth of interview data in applied qualitative health research. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2020;43:202-13.
Saunders JF, Eaton AA. Social comparisons in eating disorder recovery: using PhotoVoice to capture the sociocultural influences on women's recovery. Int J Eat Disorder. 2018;51:1361-6.
Wang C, Burris MA. Empowerment through Photo Novella: portraits of participation. Health Educ Q. 1994;21:171-86.
Asiedu GB, Carroll K, Griffin JM, Hurt RT, Mundi M. Home enteral nutrition: use of photo-elicitation to capture patient and caregiver experiences. Health Sci Rep. 2018;1:e56.
Lys C, Gesink D, Strike C, Larkin J. Body mapping as a youth sexual health intervention and data collection tool. Qual Health Res. 2018;28:1185-98.
Sankaran D, Sharma P, Lazarus L, Swain T, Pilli B, Kumar PM, et al. Visualizing participant experiences in maternal and child nutrition studies using timeline mapping. Gates Open Res. 2019;3:1535.
Sheridan J, Chamberlain K, Dupuis A. Timelining: visualizing experience. Qual Res 2011;11:552-69.
Fort MP, Castro M, Peña L, Hernández SHL, Camacho GA, Ramírez-Zea M, et al. Opportunities for involving men and families in chronic disease management: a qualitative study from Chiapas, Mexico. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:1019.
Lachal J, Speranza M, Taïeb O, Falissard B, Lefèvre H, Moro MR, et al. Qualitative research using photo-elicitation to explore the role of food in family relationships among obese adolescents. Appetite. 2012;58:1099-105.
Martin N, Garcia AC, Leipert B. Photovoice and its potential use in nutrition and dietetic research. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2010;71:93-7.
Riemer S, Walkinshaw LP, Auvinen A, Marcinkevage J, Daniel M, Jones-Smith JC. Qualitative study on participant perceptions of a supermarket fruit and vegetable incentive program. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021;121:1497-506.
Paterno MT, Low M, Gubrium A, Sanger K. Mothers and mentors: exploring perinatal addiction and recovery through digital storytelling. Qual Health Res. 2019;29:545-56.
Deakin H, Wakefield K. Skype interviewing: reflections of two PhD researchers. Qual Res. 2014;14:603-16.
Gray LM, Wong-Wylie G, Rempel GR, et al Expanding qualitative research interviewing strategies: zoom video communications. Qual Rep. 2020;25:1292-301.
Lobe B, Morgan D, Hoffman KA. Qualitative data collection in an era of social distancing. Int J Qual Methods. 2020;19:160940692093787.
Nind M, Meckin R, Coverdale A The NCRM wayfinder guide to adapting interview practices for Covid-19. 2021. Available from: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4448/
Meckin R, Nind M, Coverdale A The NCRM wayfinder guide to creative methods combinations in Covid-19. 2021. Available from: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4459/
Harvey SA. Observe before you leap: why observation provides critical insights for formative research and intervention design that you'll never get from focus groups, interviews, or KAP surveys. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2018;6:299-316.
Engler-Stringer R, Berenbaum S. Exploring food security with collective kitchens participants in three Canadian cities. Qual Health Res. 2007;17:75-84.
Prior L. Documents in health research. In: Bourgeault I, Dingwall R, De Vries R, editors. The SAGE Handbook of qualitative methods in health research. SAGE Publications Ltd.; 2010.
Marshall C, Rossman G. Designing qualitative research. 6th ed. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE; 2016.
Sargeant S, Gross H. Young people learning to live with inflammatory bowel disease: working with an “unclosed” diary. Qual Health Res. 2011;21:1360-70.
Orr E, Jack SM, Sword W, et al Understanding the blogging practices of women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): a discourse analysis of women's IVF blogs. Qual Rep. 2017;22:2206-30.
Smit A, Swartz L, Bantjes J, Roomaney R, Coetzee B. Moving beyond text-and-talk in qualitative health research: methodological considerations of using multiple media for data collection. Qual Health Res. 2021;31:600-14.
Herrick SSC, Hallward L, Duncan LR. “This is just how I cope”: an inductive thematic analysis of eating disorder recovery content created and shared on TikTok using #EDrecovery. Int J Eat Disord. 2021;54:516-26.
Carter N, Bryant-Lukosius D, DiCenso A, Blythe J, Neville AJ. The use of triangulation in qualitative research. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2014;41:545-7.
Denzin NK. Sociological methods: A sourcebook. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1978.
Karagiannis C, Cammer A, Andreiuk E, Caron N, Sheikh M, Anthony R, et al. Teaching a man to fish: an evaluation of a chronic disease management men's cooking class. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2022;83:86-90.
Baxter P, Jack S. Qualitative case study methodology: study design and implementation for novice researchers. Qual Rep. 2008;13:544-59.
Thorne S. Interpretive description: Qualitative research for applied practice. New York: Routledge; 2016.
Krefting L. Rigor in qualitative research: the assessment of trustworthiness. Am J Occup Ther. 1991;45:214-22.
Farmer T, Robinson K, Elliott SJ, Eyles J. Developing and implementing a triangulation protocol for qualitative health research. Qual Health Res. 2006;16:377-94.
Malterud K, Siersma VD, Guassora AD. Sample size in qualitative interview studies: guided by information power. Qual Health Res. 2016;26:1753-60.
Harris JE, Gleason PM, Sheean PM, Boushey C, Beto JA, Bruemmer B. An introduction to qualitative research for food and nutrition professionals. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109:80-90.
Woodruff K, Clark L, Joy E, Summers SA, Metos JM, Clark N, et al. An interpretive description of women's experience in coordinated, multidisciplinary treatment for an eating disorder. Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2020;7:233339362091327.
Ortiz SN, Espel-Huynh HM, Felonis C, Scharff A. Qualitative perceptions of and preferences for the research process among patients with eating disorders. Int J Eat Disorder. 2020;53:41-51.
Janse van Rensburg MG. Transformative eating disorder research: qualitative research considerations. J Eat Disord. 2021;9:72.
Namey E, Guest G, O'Regan A, Godwin CL, Taylor J, Martinez A. How does mode of qualitative data collection affect data and cost? Findings from a quasi-experimental study. Field Method. 2020;32:58-74.
Self B. Conducting interviews during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond. Forum Qual Sozialforschg. 2021;22:1-18.
Drabble L, Trocki KF, Salcedo B, Walker PC, Korcha RA. Conducting qualitative interviews by telephone: lessons learned from a study of alcohol use among sexual minority and heterosexual women. Qual Social Work. 2016;15:118-33.
Cook K, Jack S, Siden H, Thabane L, Browne G. Innovations in research with medically fragile populations: using bulletin board focus groups. Qual Rep. 2014;19:1-12.
Carter N, Bryant-Lukosius D, DiCenso A, Blythe J, Neville AJ. The supportive care needs of men with advanced prostate cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2011;38:189-98.
Carter SM, Shih P, Williams J, Degeling C, Mooney-Somers J. Conducting qualitative research online: challenges and solutions. Patient. 2021;14:711-8.
Guest G, Namey EE, Mitchell ML. Collecting qualitative data: A field manual for applied research [e-book]. London: SAGE; 2013. Available from https://methods.sagepub.com/book/collecting-qualitative-data
Tuthill EL, Maltby AE, DiClemente K, Pellowski JA. Longitudinal qualitative methods in health behavior and nursing research: assumptions, design, analysis and lessons learned. Int J Qual Methods. 2020;19:160940692096579.
Howard F, Crowe S, Beck S, Haljan G. Attending to methodological challenges in qualitative research to foster participation of individuals with chronic critical illness and communication impairments. Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2021;8:233339362110000.
Matthew-Maich N, Ploeg J, Jack S, Dobbins M. Leading on the frontlines with passion and persistence: a necessary condition for Breastfeeding Best Practice Guideline uptake. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22:1759-70.
Frey I, De Boer ME, Dronkert L, Pols AJ, Visser MC, Hertogh CMPM, et al. Between choice, necessity, and comfort: deciding on tube feeding in the acute phase after a severe stroke. Qual Health Res. 2020;30:1114-24.
McGrath C, Palmgren PJ, Liljedahl M. Twelve tips for conducting qualitative research interviews. Med Teach. 2019;41:1002-6.
Carcary M. The research audit trail: methodological guidance for application in practice. Electr J Business Res Methods. 2020;18. https://doi.org/10.34190/JBRM.18.2.008
Birks M, Chapman Y, Francis K. Memoing in qualitative research: probing data and processes. J Res Nurs. 2008;13:68-75.
Draucker CB, Martsolf DS, Poole C. Developing distress protocols for research on sensitive topics. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2009;23:343-50.
Phillippi J, Lauderdale J. A guide to field notes for qualitative research: context and conversation. Qual Health Res. 2018;28:381-8.
Roulston K (2017) Tips on transcribing qualitative interviews and naturally-occurring interaction. Available from: https://qualpage.com/2017/01/19/tips-on-transcribing-qualitative-interviews-and-naturally-occurring-interaction/
Wilkes L, Cummings J, Haigh C. Transcriptionist saturation: knowing too much about sensitive health and social data. J Adv Nurs. 2015;71:295-303.
Lang A, Edwards N, Fleiszer A. Safety in home care: a broadened perspective of patient safety. Int J Qual Health Care. 2007;20:130-5.
Corbin J, Morse JM. The unstructured interactive interview: issues of reciprocity and risks when dealing with sensitive topics. Qual Inq. 2003;9:335-54.
Orr E, Durepos P, Jones V, Jack SM. Risk of secondary distress for graduate students conducting qualitative research on sensitive subjects: a scoping review of Canadian dissertations and theses. Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2021;8:233339362199380.
Leung CW, Laraia BA, Feiner C, Solis K, Stewart AL, Adler NE, et al. The psychological distress of food insecurity: a qualitative study of the emotional experiences of parents and their coping strategies. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2022;122:1903-10.
Cheshire A, Berry M, Fixsen A. What are the key features of orthorexia nervosa and influences on its development? A qualitative investigation. Appetite. 2020;155:104798.