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Notions of quality and standards for qualitative research reporting
Author(s) -
Pearson Alan,
Jordan Zoe,
Lockwood Craig,
Aromataris Ed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12331
Subject(s) - qualitative research , quality (philosophy) , qualitative property , inclusion (mineral) , psychology , medicine , management science , sociology , computer science , social science , social psychology , engineering , epistemology , philosophy , machine learning
The utility of qualitative research findings in the health sciences has been the subject of considerable debate, particularly with the advent of qualitative systematic reviews in recent years. There has been a significant investment in the production of guidance to improve the reporting of quantitative research; however, comparatively little time has been spent on developing the same for qualitative research reporting. This paper sets out to examine the possibility of developing a framework for refereed journals to utilize when guiding authors on how to report the results of qualitative studies in the hope that this will improve the quality of reports and subsequently their inclusion in qualitative syntheses and guidelines to inform practice at the point of care.