Popay J, Rogers A, Williams G
Public Health Research Centre, University of Salford.
Qual Health Res. 1998 May;8(3):341-51. doi: 10.1177/104973239800800305.
Despite growing recognition of the need for qualitative methods in health services research, there have been few attempts to define quality standards for assessing the results. This article acknowledges the desirability of a plurality of standards. However, it is argued that three interrelated criteria can be identified as the foundation of good qualitative health research: interpretation of subjective meaning, description of social context, and attention to lay knowledge. These criteria can be examined in relation to different dimensions of any research report, including theoretical basis, sampling strategy, scope of data collection, description of data collected, and concern with generalizability or typicality. But if the concern is with the appropriateness of care and with understanding the factors that shape lay and clinical behavior, then these criteria must form the basis of a hierarchy of qualitative research evidence.
尽管卫生服务研究中对定性方法的需求已得到越来越多的认可，但几乎没有人尝试为评估结果定义质量标准。本文承认多种标准的可取性。然而，有人认为，可以确定三个相互关联的标准作为高质量定性健康研究的基础：对主观意义的阐释、对社会背景的描述以及对外行知识的关注。这些标准可以针对任何研究报告的不同维度进行审视，包括理论基础、抽样策略、数据收集范围、所收集数据的描述以及对普遍性或典型性的关注。但是，如果关注的是护理的适宜性以及理解影响外行和临床行为的因素，那么这些标准必须构成定性研究证据层次结构的基础。
