Smith Joanna, Firth Jill
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Salford, UK.
Nurse Res. 2011;18(2):52-62. doi: 10.7748/nr2011.01.18.2.52.c8284.
Qualitative methods are invaluable for exploring the complexities of health care and patient experiences in particular. Diverse qualitative methods are available that incorporate different ontological and epistemological perspectives. One method of data management that is gaining in popularity among healthcare researchers is the framework approach. We will outline this approach, discuss its relative merits and provide a working example of its application to data management and analysis.
定性方法对于探索医疗保健的复杂性，尤其是患者体验而言，具有极高的价值。现有的定性方法多种多样，涵盖了不同的本体论和认识论视角。在医疗保健研究人员中越来越受欢迎的数据管理方法之一是框架法。我们将概述这种方法，讨论其相对优点，并提供一个将其应用于数据管理和分析的实际示例。
