QUAGOL: A guide for qualitative data analysis

Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx de; Gastmans, Chris; Bryon, Els; Denier, Yvonne

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.09.012

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“…The analysis mainly focused on interviews with residents and caregivers, complemented by observation notes, and was conducted according to QUAGOL, a guide for qualitative data analysis (Dierckx de Casterlé, Gastmans, Bryon, & Denier, 2012). QUAGOL covers two parts: (1) coding process preparation, by taking a narrative approach and identifying and reflecting on themes; (2) the actual coding process consists of an interplay between description, analysis, interpretation and developing concepts (Dierckx de Casterlé et al, 2012, p. 369).…”

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How architectural design affords experiences of freedom in residential care for older people

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Casterlé

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2017

Journal of Aging Studies

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Human values and social issues shape visions on dwelling and care for older people, a growing number of whom live in residential care facilities. These facilities' architectural design is considered to play an important role in realizing care visions. This role, however, has received little attention in research.This article presents a case study of a residential care facility for which the architects made considerable effort to match the design with the care vision. The study offers insights into residents' and caregivers' experiences of, respectively, living and working in this facility, and the role of architectural features therein.A single qualitative case study design was used to provide in-depth, contextual insights. The methods include semi-structured interviews with residents and caregivers, and participant observation. Data concerning design intentions, assumptions and strategies were obtained from design documents, through a semi-structured interview with the architects, and observations on site.Our analysis underlines the importance of freedom (and especially freedom of movement), and the balance between experiencing freedom and being bound to a social and physical framework. It shows the architecture features that can have a role therein: small-scaleness in terms of number of residents per dwelling unit, size and compactness; spatial generosity in terms of surface area, room to maneuver and variety of places; and physical accessibility. Our study challenges the idea of familylike group living. Since we found limited sense of group belonging amongst residents, our findings suggest to rethink residential care facilities in terms of private or collective living in order to address residents' social freedom of movement. Caregivers associated 'hominess' with freedom of movement, action and choice, with favorable social dynamics and with the building's residential character. Being perceived as homey, the facility's architectural design matches caregivers' care vision and, thus, helped them realizing this vision.

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How architectural design affords experiences of freedom in residential care for older people

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Casterlé

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2017

Journal of Aging Studies

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“…The emphasis is on conceptual robustness rather than on completeness of the data (Dixon-Woods, Agarwal, Jones, Young, & Sutton, 2005). Because of this emphasis on conceptual robustness, this purposeful sampling fits our goal to go beyond a simple, descriptive aggregation of the findings and to achieve theoretical development (Campbell et al, 2003;De Casterlé, Gastmans, Bryon, & Denier, 2012). Also, because of this purposeful sampling, research directions may be divergent and iterative, rather than linear (Walsh & Downe, 2005) which aligns better with the philosophy of qualitative research (Hannes et al,2013).Thesearchstrategywedeveloped is based on a full screening of potential purposeful sampling Maximum variaƟon sampling (7 more arƟcles included)…”

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The Sexual Adjustment Process of Cancer Patients and Their Partners: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

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Whenconfrontedwithcancer,aprominentchallenge for patients and their partners is their changed sexual relationship. An empirically based theoretical model of the sexual adaptation process during cancer might be helpful in guiding the development of adequate interventions for couples who struggle with their sexual relationship. Therefore, the purpose ofthisstudywastosynthesizeevidencefromprimaryqualitative research studies and to arrive at a detailed description of the process of sexual adjustment during cancer. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of a purposeful sample of 16 qualitative papers, using the meta-ethnography approach to synthesis. We found that the subsequent studies used different theoreticalapproachestodescribethesexualadaptationprocess. This led to three divergent sexual adaptation processes: (1) the pathway of grief and mourning, depicting sexual changes as a loss; (2) the pathway of restructuring, depicting the adjustment process toward sexual changes as a cognitive process with a strong focus on the social and cultural forces that shape the values and experiences of sexuality; and (3) the pathway of sexual rehabilitation, depicting sexual changes as a bodily dysfunction thatneeds treatment and specific behavioral strategies. All three pathways have their own opportunities and challenges. A greater awareness of these different pathways could help healthcare providers to better understand the ways a particular couple might cope with changed sexuality, offering them opportunities to discover alternative pathways for sexual adjustment.

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“…Anthropological inquiries in disability recognize advantages in disabled researchers conducting research on disabled people and in using this strength to fully explore the phenomenological experience of disability [23][24][25]. To keep potential bias in the data interpretation to a minimum and improve the findings' trustworthiness, data were analyzed collaboratively, in line with QuaGol [26]. After all interviews had been transcribed, content reports and concept lists were made, shared and discussed.…”

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Designing from a Disabled Body: The Case of Architect Marta Bordas Eddy

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2018

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Studies on design, disability and phenomenology offer rich insights into how the designed environment is experienced by people with different abilities. In architectural design, this experience is only starting to become recognized as a valuable resource for designers. Considering disability as a particular kind of experience, we report on the focused ethnography of architect Marta Bordas Eddy's design practice. We analyze how her design practice and outcomes connect with her embodied experience of being a wheelchair user and the role of architecture therein. We interviewed Marta, her sister/co-worker and her life partner/co-habitant, gathered design documents, and analyzed the house she designed for and by herself. Our study highlights how Marta's experience of being disabled, combined with her background, informs how she assesses design and establishes distinct architectural qualities. Being a disabled person and a designer enables Marta to detect problems in an intuitive body-based manner and think of solutions at the same time. The analysis of Marta's house moreover raises awareness of architecture's role in (disabled) people's lives insofar it can support or impair human capabilities. It challenges prevailing views of what a house for a disabled person looks and is like, and how design can neutralize apparently restricted capabilities.

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QUAGOL: A guide for qualitative data analysis

Cited by 511 publications

References 17 publications

How architectural design affords experiences of freedom in residential care for older people

How architectural design affords experiences of freedom in residential care for older people

The Sexual Adjustment Process of Cancer Patients and Their Partners: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

Designing from a Disabled Body: The Case of Architect Marta Bordas Eddy

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