Denham Sara Helen, Taylor Ruth, Humphrey Tracey
NHS Grampian and Robert Gordon University, Scotland.
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England.
Nurse Res. 2017 Sep 19;25(2):30-33. doi: 10.7748/nr.2017.e1508.
Diaries can be used as contemporaneous tools for gathering data, frequently in combination with interviews. However, diaries can also be used by study participants as personal records to improve their recall during interviews, without having to be collected for analysis.
To discuss the use of diaries as aide-memoires by participants in a study exploring women's views and experiences of the quality of maternity care they received in community maternity units in Scotland.
The use of aide-memoire diaries was an effective way to enhance the quality of data collected during interviews.
This use of diaries would help longitudinal research in different contexts, including long-term care, as an aide-memoire to help participants recall their experiences throughout their care.
Aide-memoire diaries provide a private platform for contemporaneously and honestly recording participants' reflective accounts throughout their experiences of care.
日记可作为收集数据的同期工具，常与访谈结合使用。然而，研究参与者也可将日记用作个人记录，以提高访谈时的回忆能力，而无需收集日记进行分析。
探讨在一项研究中，日记作为辅助记忆工具供参与者使用的情况，该研究旨在探究苏格兰社区产科单位中女性对所接受产科护理质量的看法和经历。
使用辅助记忆日记是提高访谈期间所收集数据质量的有效方法。
这种日记的使用将有助于在不同背景下进行纵向研究，包括长期护理，作为辅助记忆工具帮助参与者回忆其整个护理过程中的经历。
辅助记忆日记提供了一个私密平台，用于同期且诚实地记录参与者在整个护理经历中的反思性叙述。
