ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2023
Novel Methods for Leveraging Large Cohort Studies for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research.
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- Perceived barriers and facilitators to exercise adherence in osteoarthritis: A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Article
- Implementation of a comprehensive clinical quality assurance system in radiation oncology.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Predict Health Belief Model and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using Survey Text from US Nurses.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A mixed-methods analysis of moral injury among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- A qualitative analysis of psychosocial stressors and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline healthcare personnel in the United States.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Qualitative research methods, while rising in popularity, are still a relatively underutilized tool in public health research. Usually reserved for small samples, qualitative research techniques have the potential to enhance insights gained from large questionnaires and cohort studies, both deepening the interpretation of quantitative data and generating novel hypotheses that might otherwise be missed by standard approaches; this is especially true where exposures and outcomes are new, understudied, or rapidly changing, as in a pandemic. However, methods for the conduct of qualitative research within large samples are underdeveloped. Here, we describe a novel method of applying qualitative research methods to free-text comments collected in a large epidemiologic questionnaire. Specifically, this method includes: 1) a hierarchical system of coding through content analysis; 2) a qualitative data management application; and 3) an adaptation of Cohen's κ and percent agreement statistics for use by a team of coders, applying multiple codes per record from a large codebook. The methods outlined in this paper may help direct future applications of qualitative and mixed methods within large cohort studies.
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