Dera All,
I have joined this discussion late on, so appologoies if I have got the
wrong end of the stick.
Surely the question which is being asked will lead to the right mix of
qualitative, quantitative or a mixture of both in the papers found in a
Medline or other data base search?
I would doubt that there would be much qualitative research on
"pharmacokinetics", equally there would be a lot more on "patient beliefs"
Once we have searched for the area of interest we can filter out studies
which are irrelevant to our needs.
Qualitative or quantitative can both be useful and necessary. Only wanting
one sort of method sounds a bit like dogma.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Osborne, James" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: FW: Search filter to select qualitative studies
> Dear List Members
>
> One of the better resources I've come across in this area is from a book
in
> the PDQ series entitled Evidence-Based Principles and Practice from Ann
> McKibbon.
>
>
http://bcdecker.yy.net/cgi-bin/tangocgi.exe/tango/decker/books/book.qry%20?f
> unction=view&ID=101&_UserReference=1816440115
>
> It contains chapters on different research designs, and at the end of each
> chapter it covers a detailed search strategy for the main bibliographic
> databases. Thus in the qualitative research chapter, there are detailed
> search strategies for MEDLINE, Cinahl, EMBASE and PsycINFO, and THEY ARE
NOT
> THE SAME.
>
> If you use the thesaurus function in MEDLINE, for qualitative research, it
> suggests you should search under the MeSH heading of 'nursing methodology
> research', which is somewhat patronising.
>
> McKibbon recommends the following search strategy for MEDLINE;
>
> MeSH
> Nursing methodology research
>
> Text words
> Qualitative research
> Ethnon:
> Emic
> Etic
> Ethnograph:
> Hermeneutic:
> Heidegger:
> Husserl:
> Colaizzi:
> Giorgi:
> Van kaam:
> Van Manen
> Participant observ:
> Constant compar:
> Focus group:
> Grounded theory
> Narrative analysis
> Lived experience:
> Theoretical samp:
>
> Do not search using the textword 'phenomenolog:' in MEDLINE. Many articles
> in MEDLINE use the term 'phenomonology' to mean the description or
> classification of things, and not to refer to the qualitative design or
> methodology of phenomenology.
>
> James Osborne
> Clinical Effectiveness Training Coordinator
> c/o Research & Development
> Old Building, BRI
> United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
> Marlborough Street
> Bristol
> BS2 8HW
>
> Tel 0117 928 3473
> UBHT Bleep 3473
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