Qualitative Online Course Rds Unit 2

Literature Searching for Qualitative Research Unit 2

What will we cover today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sources of Qualitative Research

Which databases should you search? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sources of Qualitative Research ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CINAHL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Social Care Online ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Searching for qualitative studies ,[object Object],[object Object]

Key free text terms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The words and phrases below can all be searched in the titles and abstracts of articles in any database:

Key subject headings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],EMBASE Ethnography / Phenomenology / Psychological Aspect / Patient Attitude / Patient Satisfaction / CINAHL Qualitative-Studies/ Ethnographic-Research/ Ethnonursing-Research/ Phenomenological-Research/ Focus-Groups/ Grounded-Theory/ Note: As you can see, while Medline and EMBASE have a small selection of subject headings that may retrieve qualitative studies, the list for CINAHL is longer and contains terms that are likely to recall a higher percentage of studies which are qualitative

Key subheadings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],For every subject heading in Medline, CINAHL and EMBASE, there are a selection of sub-headings- these are terms that help you to focus in on what aspects of the subject heading you are interested in. The choices vary for each individual subject heading, but below are some of the common subheadings which are useful in retrieving qualitative research designs

So how does this work in practice? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SPICE breakdown ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Choosing subject headings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Search strategy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In the example above, I’ve started by searching for papers featuring the word stem ‘husband’ OR the subject heading spouses. To this, I add a search for papers with the subject heading ‘Breast Neoplasms’ giving me a set of papers about breast cancer and spouses/husbands. Finally I add on a selection of terms that should draw out qualitative studies: the word ‘qualitative’ or the word stem ‘interview*’ or the word ‘findings’ or the subject headings ‘Interviews’ and ‘Attitude to Health’

Here I’ve searched the National Library for Health Medline database using the search strategy on the previous slide. Note that I’ve also limited to papers in English. Note: You can access the National Library for Health Databases by going to www.evidence.nhs.uk and clicking on ‘conduct a specialist search’ (you may need to register for a password first)

Here are the search results- as you can see, they look to be very relevant to our scenario.

Campbell Collaboration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

This is the homepage of the Campbell Collaboration. Click on ‘The Campbell Library’ on the left hand menu to view their reviews…

…then click on ‘browse’…

…and then you can see a list of categories. These break down into many further sub-categories. Let’s try one by clicking on ‘education’…

…then on ‘educational planning’…

…then on ‘educational statistics’…

…and finally on ‘educational attendance’…

…and here we are. You can view a review by clicking on the ‘review’ button and downloading the PDF file.

Brief Activity 2: Identifying Qualitative Research from Abstracts This exercise is for you to work on in your own time- there is nothing to submit and your work will not be marked. Open the Word file entitled ‘Abstracts Exercise’ and read through the list of titles and abstracts. Then, try to work out which ones are qualitative studies by looking out for some of the key words, phrases and methods that we’ve looked at so far.

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