Validity, trustworthiness and rigour: quality and the idea of qualitative research

Rolfe, Gary

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03727.x

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“…1-1 semi-structured interviews were conducted along the following lines of enquiry: perceptions of the essential status of social prescribing and HCS; views on the instigation and delivery of the initiative; reflections on the factors that are considered both conducive and restrictive to implementation and potentially longer term sustainability; and perceptions of the required capacity for prospective wider transferability. All interviews were transcribed, coded and thematically analysed (Boyatzis, 1998) with data and thematic rigour and credibility checks built in via the use of a critical friend within individual interview texts and wider collective scrutiny of emergent themes within the project steering group and the two practice teams (Rolfe, 2006). The work was given ethical approval from the Glasgow University Ethics Committee and informed consent was gained from all informants.…”

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Developing and implementing a social prescribing initiative in primary care: insights into the possibility of normalisation and sustainability from a UK case study

Whitelaw

Thirlwall

Morrison

et al. 2016

Prim Health Care Res Dev

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Abstract:Aim: To conduct a process based evaluation of the inception and early implementation of a social prescribing initiative ('Healthy Connections Stewartry') in two UK General Practices.Background: Prescribing a range of social, cultural, arts and educational activities to clients in primary care (known as 'social prescribing' or 'community linking schemes') as a means of addressing long-term physical health conditions and promoting mental health and wellbeing is becoming increasingly prominent and popular. However, concerns exist over a lack of evidence of effectiveness and formalised insights into how such initiatives may be optimally implemented.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing and implementing a social prescribing initiative in primary care: insights into the possibility of normalisation and sustainability from a UK case study

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Thirlwall

Morrison

et al. 2016

Prim Health Care Res Dev

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“…It is the particular situations and experiences of the individuals participating in the study that are of explicit concern in many qualitative studies, and how they construct and negotiate meaning (Elliott et al, 1999;Yardley, 2000 (Becker, 1998, p. 98), but their account of what is going on can be fruitful for an analysis of an organisation`s tacit and explicit knowledge. This is by some researcher referred to as transferability, defined as the degree to which the results of qualitative research can be transferred to other contexts or settings (Nura, 2014;Rolfe, 2006).…”

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Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

Wold

Laumann

2015

Safety Science

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“…The credibility of the research will depend on; obtaining an appropriate sample, ensuring data collection techniques are consistent with the purpose of the study and having clear strategies for data analysis (Sandelowski 2000). Despite the polarisation of qualitative researchers into those for and those against research without a specific theoretical methodology, there appears unanimous agreement that the issue of quality is central to the credibility of qualitative research (Rolfe 2004, Braun and Clark 2006, Holloway and Tordes 2003, Morse et al 2002.…”

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Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research

Smith

Bekker²,

Cheater³

2011

Nurse Researcher

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Theoretical versus pragmatic design challenges in qualitative research. Nurse Researcher, 18 (2): 39-51 Acknowledgements:We wish to thank M Donovan-Hall, School of Health Professional and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton for her contribution to the development of figure 1 which depicts the relationship between qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis. Key Words:Qualitative research, framework analysis, parent's experiences, hydrocephalus AbstractThe relative merits of adopting a generic versus theoretical approach to undertaking qualitative research have polarised qualitative researchers and overshadowed the need to focus on research that address clinical questions. Drawing on the challenges of designing a study that explored parents' experiences of living with a child with hydrocephalus, we will argue that over adherence to, and deliberations about, the philosophical origins of qualitative methods such as phenomenology, ethnography and grounded theory is undermining the role qualitative research could contribute to evidence-based healthcare, and suggest qualitative methods should stand alone. JS Nurse Researcher December 2008 2 IntroductionFor the novice qualitative researcher, designing an enquiry based study aimed at investigating how individuals make sense of and interpret their experiences of health and illness is challenging because of the range and diversity of qualitative methods. In order to make an informed choice about a study's design, appreciating the underlying principles, similarities and differences of the main qualitative methods, and their application to the topic area being investigated is essential (Ritchie and Lewis 2003, Morse and Richards 2002). This is not an easy task; first there does not appear to be a definitive way of classifying qualitative research (Patton 2002). Second, a preoccupation with debates concerning the underpinning epistemological basis of qualitative methodology has overshadowed the need to identify research priorities and develop questions that could enhance nursing practice (Rolfe 1998).Third, the overtly critical stance of some qualitative researchers in relation to the 'academic' standing of generic approaches to undertaking qualitative research is undermining their value (Sandelowski 2000).Although various terms are used to describe qualitative research that is atheoretical such as 'generic designs' (Holloway and Tordes 2003) and 'descriptive designs' (Sandelowski 2000), for consistency 'generic research' will be used to represent qualitative methods not underpinned by a specified theoretical perspective. This article will evaluate the potential benefits of adopting a generic qualitative approach when designing studies aimed at understanding user and carer perspectives, a key driver within United Kingdom health policy reforms (DH 2001). This will be achieved by sharing personal reflections of the challenges encountered when designing a qualitative study that focussed on parents' experiences of living with a child with hydrocephalus. Conte...

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Validity, trustworthiness and rigour: quality and the idea of qualitative research

Abstract: Some of the implications of this latter position are explored, including the requirement that all published research reports should include a reflexive research diary.

Cited by 693 publications

References 20 publications

Developing and implementing a social prescribing initiative in primary care: insights into the possibility of normalisation and sustainability from a UK case study

Developing and implementing a social prescribing initiative in primary care: insights into the possibility of normalisation and sustainability from a UK case study

Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research

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