Exposing the Backstage: Critical Reflections on a Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Residents' Care Networks in Assisted Living
Exposing the Backstage: Critical Reflections on a Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Residents' Care Networks in Assisted Living
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732316668817
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发表时间：
2017-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Perkins, Molly M.
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作者：
Kemp, Candace L.;Ball, Mary M.;Perkins, Molly M.
在这篇文章中，我们分析研究经验与纵向定性研究的居民护理网络在辅助生活。使用来自研究人员会议、实地记录和备忘录的数据，我们批判性地检查了我们的设计和决策制定以及伴随的方法含义。我们专注于一波完整的数据收集，涉及28名居民和114名护理网络成员，在4个不同的环境中随访了2年。我们确定研究特征，使我们的研究具有创新性，但也代表着重大挑战。它们包括焦点和主题；设置和参与者；范围和设计复杂性；数据收集的性质、模式、频率和持续时间；和分析方法。每个特征都有方法上的含义，包括与招聘、保留、数据收集、质量和管理、研究团队工作、研究人员角色、道德和传播有关的利益和挑战。我们的分析证明了我们的方法的价值，以及反思和分享累积知识构建的方法过程的价值。
In this article, we analyze the research experiences associated with a longitudinal qualitative study of residents' care networks in assisted living. Using data from researcher meetings, field notes, and memos, we critically examine our design and decision making and accompanying methodological implications. We focus on one complete wave of data collection involving 28 residents and 114 care network members in four diverse settings followed for 2 years. We identify study features that make our research innovative, but that also represent significant challenges. They include the focus and topic; settings and participants; scope and design complexity; nature, modes, frequency, and duration of data collection; and analytic approach. Each feature has methodological implications, including benefits and challenges pertaining to recruitment, retention, data collection, quality, and management, research team work, researcher roles, ethics, and dissemination. Our analysis demonstrates the value of our approach and of reflecting on and sharing methodological processes for cumulative knowledge building.