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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Joint interviewing is a common technique in health research with increasing methodological focus.
  • Existing literature on joint interviewing provides a foundation for further analysis.
  • Decision-making regarding health interventions, such as statin use, presents complex shared practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the existing literature on joint interviewing in health research.
  • To demonstrate the added analytic value of dyadic joint interviews compared to individual interviews.
  • To explore the utility of joint interviews for studying complex shared health decisions.

Main Methods:

  • A review of the methodological literature on joint interviewing.
  • A case study analysis focusing on joint decisions about taking statins.
  • Examination of interaction within joint interviews to explicate tacit knowledge and decision-making resources.

Main Results:

  • Joint interviews offer analytic value by revealing tacit knowledge and decision-making resources through interaction analysis.
  • Dyadic joint interviews can mitigate weaknesses of individual interviews when studying practices.
  • The naturalness of joint interviews can enhance their credibility for analytic inferences.

Conclusions:

  • Joint interviews are a valuable method for explicating complex decision-making processes in health research.
  • The dyadic approach in joint interviews provides unique insights into shared practices.
  • Joint interviews offer a credible and effective method for studying complex shared health decisions.