Designs for Mixed Methods Research

Kroll, Thilo; Neri, Melinda T.

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“…Findings of phase 1 will inform the phase 2, helping to build the item pool that will focus on personal characteristics of nurse students, as possible predictors of their future nurse competence (24,25). During phase 2, we will perform psychometric analysis of the NCPS, and norm assessment in students' population.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

Heydari¹,

Kareshki²,

Armat³

2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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The aim of the paper was to develop and validate a scale for estimating the likelihood of a nurse student to become a competent nurse.Admitting students to nursing schools without assessing their personal characteristics has led to serious consequences, including low quality of nursing care. Early detection of students who are at risk of attrition or becoming non-competent nurses can save the time, money, and energy devoted to educating and training the future nurses.A mixed methods design will be employed. Using literature review and interviews with nurse students, clinical nurses, nurse experts, and nurse managers during the first qualitative phase, we will build a comprehensive item pool that has a focus on nurse students' personal characteristics. To increase the trustworthiness of interview findings, we will distinguish competent versus incompetent nurses by measuring their competence levels. In the second quantitative phase, the Nurse Competence Predicting Scale will be developed and tested for psychometric properties.We believe that Nurse Competence Predicting Scale may help in early identification of nurse students who are at risk of not acquiring expected nurse competencies on graduation or joining the workforce. In such cases, educational managers may take timely remedial interventions.Key words: nurse competence, personality characteristics, emotional intelligence, nurse student, mixed methods study, scale development, psychometric evaluation P ro f essi o n al c o n t ri buti o n B A CK GROU NDNurse competence has been extensively addressed in the literature in terms of safety and quality of nursing care (1-3). The competence of nurses directly influences the health status of patients, and could reduce morbidity, mortality, and undesirable outcomes (4-6).Evidence shows that caring professions necessitate particular personal and psychological characteristics, as well as essential knowledge and aptitude (7-9). Personality characteristics can strongly affect performance (10), educational achievements, job satisfaction, and ability of nurse students (11). Hence, some key personal characteristics are important in acquiring appropriate and effective nursing competence. On the other hand, these characteristics might only change desirably to as little as 30%, even in the excellent educational systems (12, 13). Therefore, applicants must be assessed for such attributes ideally before admission, to ensure that their personality matches with the job requisites (14).Nursing schools invest money, time, and energy to educate and train nurse students, expecting that they will join the health care workforce. In Iran, about 100 baccalaureate nursing programs are offered all over the country (15). According to the Iranian Ministry of Health report in 2008, at least 6.400 students on average graduate from the nursing faculties in Iran (16). Nursing faculty anticipates students who will be academically successful and become competent in their profession, so as to compassionately provide high quality care to their clien...

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This methodological study will adopt a mixed methods design (24) including two phases (Figure 2). Findings of phase 1 will inform the phase 2, helping to build the item pool that will focus on personal characteristics of nurse students, as possible predictors of their future nurse competence (24,25).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

Heydari¹,

Kareshki²,

Armat³

2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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“…In this research, there was autonomous data analysis for each study, and both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used. This design was adopted as it enabled examination of the similarities and differences between participant groups for the three studies prior to interpretation, and allowed the most appropriate methods of data collection to be utilised for each of the studies (Creswell, 2011a;Hesse-Biber, 2010;Kroll & Neri, 2009). …”

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“…In this research, the quantitative data collected from study one was informative to qualitative data collected in study two, as indicated in figure 3.1 with an arrow between study one and study two. The effect of which was pragmatic as factors identified as significant by study one participants could be explored with study two participants (Kroll & Neri, 2009). …”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

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A conceptual model of quality service provision for people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours: Enhancement and enrichment through service user and other stakeholder consultation

Gatfield¹

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People with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour are one of the most disenfranchised groups in society. How they are supported through services has a primary role in changing this outcome. While legislation provides frameworks for quality service provision for people with disabilities, they do not identify the mechanisms specific to the cohort that can address this disenfranchisement. As such, it is paramount to develop an understanding of quality service provision specific to those with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour.To identify the factors required for quality service provision for people with ID and CB, a three-stage design incorporating participants from various stakeholder groups (n=7) was undertaken. Study one involved data collection from CEOs and managers (n=55) of service provider agencies using a Delphi study, and clinicians and senior practitioners (n=85) using survey methods. Study two incorporated interviews conducted with families/carers of service users (n=11), advocates (n=10), support workers (n=13) and supervisors (n=11) who had provided services to the cohort, complemented by survey data (n=102). Study three involved data collection with service users with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour (n=14) through focus groups.The results of this research led to the identification of processes and practices associated with and impacting on quality service provision that were not identified through the literature review. Further, it identified agents that are formative to the production of quality services.The outcome of this research is a model of quality service provision for the cohort that conceptualises quality as a continuous process and includes factors across sociopolitical systems that are formative to, and impacting on, quality service provision. The developed model has significant implications for service provider agencies, service user consultation, government, substitute decision making, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Perspective of Dutch Patients with Gout on Continuation or Discontinuation of Urate‐Lowering Therapy During Remission: A Mixed‐Methods Study

Peeters,

Veenstra,

Wanten

et al. 2024

Arthritis Care & Research

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BackgroundLong‐term gout management is based on reducing serum urate by using urate‐lowering therapy (ULT) 1, 2. A lifelong treat‐to‐target approach is advocated, though a ULT (taper to) stop attempt can be considered (treat‐to‐avoid symptoms approach) during remission. Exploring gout patients’ beliefs on long‐term ULT strategies during remission is important for optimising gout management.ObjectiveTo identify factors that influence the decision for continuation or discontinuation of ULT and to determine their relative importance according to gout patients in remission.MethodsA mixed methods design was used. First, semi‐structured interviews (substudy 1) were conducted to identify barriers and facilitators for (dis)continuation of ULT using inductive thematic analysis. Afterwards these barriers/facilitators were summarized into neutrally phrased items and used in a Maximum Difference Scaling study (MaxDiff, substudy 2) to determine their relative importance using the rescaled probability score (RPS).ResultsSubstudies 1 and 2 included 18 and 156 patients, respectively. Substudy 1 yielded 22 items, within 10 overarching themes. Substudy 2 revealed that the perceived risk of joint damage and gout flares and that ULT use gives some assurance of ULT use were the most important items.The costs, ease of receiving ULT and its practical use were the least important items.ConclusionThese results can aid shared decision making and provide input for what's important to discuss with gout patients in remission, when they consider ULT discontinuation. Emphasis should be on the risk of having gout flares and joint damage, not so much on facilitating how easily medication is received.

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Designs for Mixed Methods Research

Cited by 82 publications

References 15 publications

How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

A conceptual model of quality service provision for people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours: Enhancement and enrichment through service user and other stakeholder consultation

Perspective of Dutch Patients with Gout on Continuation or Discontinuation of Urate‐Lowering Therapy During Remission: A Mixed‐Methods Study

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