Ailinger Rita L
College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2003 May-Jun;11(3):275-9. doi: 10.1590/s0104-11692003000300002. Epub 2003 Sep 2.
This article aims to identify the contributions of qualitative research to evidence-based practice in nursing.
Qualitative research dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, when anthropologists and sociologists used qualitative research methods to study human phenomena in naturalistic settings and from a holistic viewpoint. Afterwards, other subject matters, including nursing, adopted qualitative methods to answer their research questions. The restructuring of health care over the past decade has brought about increased accountability in nursing research. One method for increasing this accountability is evidence-based practice.
The method used was a search in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database from 1999-present. The search resulted in 61 citations for evidence-based practice in nursing research; however, only 5 citations focused on evidence-based practice and qualitative research.
The authors' findings revealed six contributions of qualitative research to evidence-based practice: generation of hypotheses; development and validation of instruments; provision of context for evaluation; development of nursing interventions; development of new research questions; and application of Qualitative Outcome Analysis.
Qualitative research makes important contributions to the quality of evidence-based practice.
本文旨在确定定性研究对护理循证实践的贡献。
定性研究可追溯到20世纪20年代和30年代，当时人类学家和社会学家使用定性研究方法在自然环境中从整体视角研究人类现象。此后，包括护理在内的其他学科采用定性方法来回答其研究问题。过去十年医疗保健的重组使得护理研究的问责制有所增加。增加这种问责制的一种方法是循证实践。
所采用的方法是在1999年至今的《护理及相关健康文献累积索引》数据库中进行检索。检索结果为护理研究中的循证实践提供了61条引用文献；然而，只有5条引用文献关注循证实践和定性研究。
作者的研究结果揭示了定性研究对循证实践的六项贡献：生成假设；工具的开发与验证；为评估提供背景；护理干预措施的开发；新研究问题的提出；以及定性结果分析的应用。
定性研究对循证实践的质量做出了重要贡献。
