Making sense of qualitative data analysis: an introduction with illustrations from DIPEx (personal experiences of health and illness).

摘要: Objectives  This paper outlines an approach to analysing qualitative textual data from interviews and discusses how ensure analytic procedures are appropriately rigorous. Overview  Qualitative analysis should begin at early stage in collection be highly systematic. It is important identify issues that emerge during the as well those researcher may have anticipated (from reading or experience). Analysis very time-consuming, but careful sampling, of rich material depth mean a relatively small number cases can generate insights apply beyond confines study. One particular thematic introduced with examples DIPEx (personal experiences health illness) project, which collects video- audio-taped freely accessible through http://www.dipex.org. Evaluation  patients' perspectives illness illuminate numerous for medical education, some unlikely arise clinical encounter. studies also cover much broader range – both common rare disease than clinicians will see practice. The website based on collections interviews, illustrated hundreds video audio clips, innovative resource education.