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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Interpretive Description"”.
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Patient-Centered Hemodialysis Nursing Care: An Interpretive Description
… of patient-centred care. Methods A qualitative interpretive description design was used, with purposive sampling of hemodialysis nurses from hospital and satellite hemodialysis units in urban and rural areas registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario and currently employed full or …
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Workplace violence against registered nurses: an interpretive description
… experience visible and more fully understood. Interpretive description was the research methodology adopted for this study. Using theoretical sampling, ten Registered Nurses from the lower mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia participated in semi structured, audiotaped interviews. In …
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Children's participation in chronic illness decision-making: an interpretive description
… decisions related to their health care. Adopting interpretive description as methodology, data were collected and analyzed through interviews and participant observation with 31 chronically ill children (ages 7 to 12 years) and their parents, as well as through interviews with health care …
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Exploring cervical cancer screening behaviour : an interpretive description of Aboriginal women's experiences
… This qualitative exploratory study used an interpretive descriptive approach. Perceptions related to and experiences with cervical cancer screening were elicited through individual interviews with eleven Dakota First Nation women. Women were recruited through purposive sampling techniques. …
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Lost without translation - understanding restrictive intervention management for people with dementia in a mental health setting : an interpretive description
… setting for people with dementia. Methods: An interpretive descriptive study was undertaken. Vignettes were developed using evidence based literature, case law and practice guidance and used to frame semi-structured interviews. Mental health workers and practice leaders were purposively sampled …
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Motherhood first: An interpretive description of the experience of mature age female students with dependent children at one regional university campus in Australia
… children. The methodology guiding this study was Interpretive Description, a second-generation qualitative methodology whose ancestry lies in phenomenology, ethnography and grounded theory. The purpose of this methodology, which was developed by Thorne, Reimer-Kirkham and MacDonald-Emes (1997), is …
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The nature of learning to nurse through clinical practice experience for international culturally and linguistically different students in Sydney, Australia : an interpretive description
… the clinical environment. Through the method of interpretive description, this study presents a comprehensive understanding of learning to nurse in the clinical environments of Sydney, Australia, for international students who come from countries where their language and culture is not western. …
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Exploring acceptability and feasibility of a wearable device to facilitate home phototherapy treatment for newborn jaundice in rural Scotland: an interpretive description study.
… undertaken through qualitative interviews, using Interpretive Description to accommodate various perspectives influencing acceptability and feasibility of a wearable device to facilitate home phototherapy treatment. Participants were recruited via purposive sampling from one NHS board in Scotland. …
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Service Providers' Perspectives on Abortion Access Challenges for People with Precarious Housing and Migration Status in Niagara, Ontario: An Interpretive Description Study
… theoretical frameworks, and employing an interpretive description methodology, this qualitative study aimed to understand how we can better support service providers so that they may better support their clients. The study was conducted in collaboration with a local community partner, …
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Clinical Reasoning by Expert Bobath Instructors
… gap, this dissertation aimed to develop an interpretive understanding of the clinical reasoning process of expert Bobath therapists. Methods: To accomplish this aim, a modified e-Delphi method was used to define a Bobath Clinical Framework. A qualitative research approach was adopted for the …
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Rural Women's Perspectives on Cancer Care in Southern Saskatchewan
… can meet these needs. The qualitative method, Interpretive Description, was used for this study. Data was collected by interviews with rural women who had been diagnosed with cancer within the last five years or who were still undergoing treatment. Data analysis was done concurrently with data …
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Dance Science, Somatic Movement, and Embodied Human Flourishing in and through Canadian Undergraduate Dance Degree Programs
… and systemic dimensions of wellness. An interpretive description of experiences of second-, third-, and fourth-year dance majors found that several significant transitions inherent in the undergraduate dance journey could be eased by those who design and deliver programs. While an …
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Patient Experience Living with Split Thickness Skin Grafts
… grafts (STSG). The qualitative methodology of interpretive description (Thorne, 2008) was employed. The process included a single patient interview, coding, describing, and interpreting the data. Participants were selected through purposive sampling and data was collected through in-depth, …
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Exploring experiences of mental health in second generation South Asian Canadians
… their experiences of mental health using Interpretive Description to conduct seven individual in-depth interviews. Seven themes were identified during data analysis: mental health stigma; mental health literacy; the in-between space; primary care; stress; the positive mind; and community …
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Exploring Coping Strategies Among Older Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence During COIVD-19
… support has become hampered. The purpose of this interpretive description study was to explore coping among older women in Ontario experiencing IPV during COVID-19. 12 in-depth interviews with older women found age-related normative beliefs played a key role in how older women viewed their lives …
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Therapists who practice mindfulness meditation : implications for therapy
… by therapists in the context of their work. An interpretive description methodology was used to guide the research process. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six therapists who practiced MM regularly. A thematic analysis of interview transcripts highlighted commonalities …
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Exploring the Occupational Transition of Leaving a Cult
… blogs, and social media posts. Using qualitative interpretive description and reflexive thematic analysis to analyze data and deepen understanding of this phenomenon, five themes emerged from the sources: Forbidden Occupations, Fish Out of Water, Finding Closure Through Occupation, (Re)Discovering …
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Identifying the factors influencing the occupational identity of people journeying from adolescent anorexia nervosa toward well-being
… disorders. A qualitative research project of Interpretive description design recruited 6 people of diverse gender, geographic and ethnic backgrounds who received treatment for Anorexia Nervosa as adolescents between the years of 2012 and 2019. They self-identified as at least 1 year recovered. …
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An investigation of older Korean immigrants' perspectives on accessing primary health care
… study employed purposive sampling and interpretive description methodology. Open-ended interview data and field notes were gathered from 10 older Korean immigrants (five male and five female) recruited in Vancouver from mid-October 2006 to April 2007. The findings revealed that older …
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