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  • Qualitative Health Research
  • Patient-Centered Healthcare

Background:

  • Qualitative health research is vital for patient-centered care.
  • There's a trend of prioritizing objectivity over subjectivity in qualitative research.
  • This can lead to the dismissal of inherent qualitative research subjectivity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the co-use of interpretive description (ID) and reflexive thematic analysis (RTA).
  • To conceptualize a methodologically coherent approach valuing researcher subjectivity and reflexivity.
  • To support researchers in transparently integrating ID and RTA.

Main Methods:

  • Examined philosophical foundations of ID and RTA.
  • Compared theoretical underpinnings and analytical strategies.
  • Assessed indicators of research quality for both methodologies.
  • Conceptualized a co-use framework.

Main Results:

  • A coherent approach for co-using ID and RTA was conceptualized.
  • The method foregrounds and values researcher subjectivity and reflexivity.
  • Transparency in qualitative health research is enhanced.

Conclusions:

  • Co-using ID and RTA offers a robust qualitative health research approach.
  • This integrated method respects and utilizes researcher subjectivity.
  • Provides practical guidance for researchers through explanations and guiding questions.