Qualitative Metasynthesis: A Research Method for Medicine and Health Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780367134181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 128 str.

Kirsti Malterud

Opis

Qualitative Metasynthesis presents a research method developed for upcycling and synthesis of qualitative primary studies, aimed at researchers within medicine and health sciences.

Spis treści

List of abbreviations; Preface; 1 Utilization and upcycling of existing research knowledge; We do not have to start from scratch; Qualitative studies – an open mind, but no blank slates; Research waste or exploiting knowledge capital?;  Recycling, upcycling and sustainable management of knowledge resources; What will this book offer you?; The role of the nursing home doctor in end-of-life care – a concrete example; From chaos and individual research reports to systematic reviews; Comprehensive and critical reading of the research literature; The information deluge; Broad mapping; Systematic reviews – a specific kind of research literature summary; Evidence from research results; Multipurpose knowledge capital; Evidence-based medicine; Different research questions require different evidence from relevant methodologies; From summary and renarration to interpretation and synthesis; Descriptive, interpretative or both?; Meta-analysis; Qualitative metasynthesis; Which kinds of research questions can be studied with qualitative metasynthesis?; 2 Project planning and literature management; Careful preparations are profitable investments; Summing up research – a stepwise process; A research question that is both flexible and determined; Choosing a strategy; The protocol; Registration of the project; Literature search; Overview and steady course; Search strategy; Search terms in logical combinations; Search sources and databases; Grey literature; Language; Before you set off seriously; Screening and selection of potentially relevant primary studies; Reference management; Systematic screening and rough classification; Reading candidate articles in depth with quality assessment; Supplementary search; What characterizes your sample?; Flowsheet for search and selection; Hallmarks of the primary studies; Identification of results from the primary studies; Organizing the material from data extraction; 3 Analysis and synthesis; Interpretation of the results from the primary studies; Synthesis is more than summary and renarration; Levels of interpretation – concepts of first, second and third orders; Different strategies for metasynthesis; Meta-ethnography; Background; Metaphors and translations; Analytical perspectives; Strategy for analysis – seven steps; The matrix as a tool for analysis; A specific example of analysis and synthesis; Contemporary meta-ethnography; Other methods for qualitative metasynthesis; Critical interpretive synthesis; Thematic synthesis; Realist synthesis; Reporting your study – writing the article; Elements in the article; Method, material and analysis; Synthesis and results; Transparency in reporting qualitative metasyntheses; 4 Theoretical and methodological challenges; Qualitative methods encounter evidence-based medicine; Scientific paradigms; Common features, differences and opposites; Social anthropology and metasynthesis; A complete and independent literature review?; Situated knowledges; Cherry picking; Finding the needle in the haystack; Independent appraisals or bias?; Which evidence is the best evidence?; The evidence hierarchy; A universal gold standard?; Grading of evidence; New pyramids; Diversity or standardization of knowledge; Merging apples and oranges – the synthesis of heterogeneous data; Sustainable evidence; Three steps forward and two steps back; Grading of qualitative metasynthesis; Mixed methods and qualitative metasynthesis; Qualitative and quantitative methods in the same study; Multi-methodological exploration of complex research questions; Qualitative metasynthesis with mixed methods; Synthesis of qualitative primary studies with different designs; 5 Final comments; thics and privacy protection; Regulations and approvals; Distance as a challenge; Contributing something new; What do you need to conduct a qualitative metasynthesis?; Competence and experience; Relevant primary studies with useful presentations of results; Resources and personal traits; Set off!; You are not alone; Newer and more exciting; Wheat or chaff?; Sustainable competence – new opportunities for collaboration; References; Index