Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Associate Dean of Curriculum and Assessment, College of Health, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA
J Dent Hyg. 2024 Aug;98(4):56-61.
Qualitative research is a relatively new approach for conducting studies in health disciplines. The value of this research approach is to explore peoples' experiences and gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of their experiences. Qualitative inquiries answer research questions about what, why and how by implementing various research designs such as qualitative descriptive, qualitative case study, ethnological, phenomenology, or grounded theory designs. Purposive and snowball sampling methods are commonly used to recruit participants followed by personal interviews or focus group discussions to collect data. Data analysis requires several coding procedures performed by the researcher or an alternative is using a coding software program. Preparing a manuscript for dissemination of the results can be challenging, although achievable.
定性研究是健康学科中一种相对较新的研究方法。这种研究方法的价值在于探索人们的经验，并更深入地了解他们经验的意义。定性研究通过实施各种研究设计，如定性描述、定性案例研究、民族学、现象学或扎根理论设计，回答关于“什么”、“为什么”和“如何”的研究问题。通常采用目的性和滚雪球抽样方法招募参与者，然后进行个人访谈或焦点小组讨论来收集数据。数据分析需要研究者进行多次编码程序，或者可以选择使用编码软件程序。尽管可以实现，但准备一份用于传播研究结果的手稿可能具有挑战性。
