Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families

In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing findings that can contribute to a better understandin...

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Main Authors: Feast, Alexandra, Orrell, Martin, Charlesworth, Georgina, Poland, Fiona, Featherstone, Katie, Melunsky, Nina, Moniz-Cook, Esme
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Published: SAGE 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49151/
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author Feast, Alexandra
Orrell, Martin
Charlesworth, Georgina
Poland, Fiona
Featherstone, Katie
Melunsky, Nina
Moniz-Cook, Esme
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Orrell, Martin
Charlesworth, Georgina
Poland, Fiona
Featherstone, Katie
Melunsky, Nina
Moniz-Cook, Esme
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description In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing findings that can contribute to a better understanding of a research question. In response, meta-ethnography has emerged as a potentially useful method to synthesize and integrate both qualitative and quantitative data from different perspectives using qualitative methodology. In this case study, we describe how we have used meta-ethnography to better understand how families experience dementia. We address a particular issue of selecting the highest quality evidence across a range of epistemologies.
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spelling nottingham-491512020-05-04T19:26:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49151/ Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families Feast, Alexandra Orrell, Martin Charlesworth, Georgina Poland, Fiona Featherstone, Katie Melunsky, Nina Moniz-Cook, Esme In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing findings that can contribute to a better understanding of a research question. In response, meta-ethnography has emerged as a potentially useful method to synthesize and integrate both qualitative and quantitative data from different perspectives using qualitative methodology. In this case study, we describe how we have used meta-ethnography to better understand how families experience dementia. We address a particular issue of selecting the highest quality evidence across a range of epistemologies. SAGE 2018-01-12 Other PeerReviewed Feast, Alexandra, Orrell, Martin, Charlesworth, Georgina, Poland, Fiona, Featherstone, Katie, Melunsky, Nina and Moniz-Cook, Esme (2018) Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families. SAGE. http://methods.sagepub.com/case/meta-ethnography-synthesize-relevant-studies-dementia-challenging-behavior doi:10.4135/9781526444899 doi:10.4135/9781526444899
spellingShingle Feast, Alexandra
Orrell, Martin
Charlesworth, Georgina
Poland, Fiona
Featherstone, Katie
Melunsky, Nina
Moniz-Cook, Esme
Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title_full Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title_fullStr Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title_full_unstemmed Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title_short Using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
title_sort using meta-ethnography to synthesize relevant studies: capturing the bigger picture in dementia with challenging behavior within families
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