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- Title
Qualitative Research and Its Importance in Adapting Interventions.
- Authors
Duggleby, Wendy; Peacock, Shelley; Ploeg, Jenny; Swindle, Jennifer; Kaewwilai, Lalita; Lee, HeunJung
- Abstract
Systematic approaches are essential when adapting interventions, so the adapted intervention is feasible, acceptable, and holds promise for positive outcomes in the new target population and/or setting. Qualitative research is critical to this process. The purpose of this article is to provide an example of how qualitative research was used to guide the adaptation a web-based intervention for family carers of persons with dementia residing in long-term care (LTC) and to discuss challenges associated with using qualitative methodologies in this regard. Four steps are outlined: (a) choosing an intervention to adapt, (b) validating the conceptual framework of the intervention, (c) revising the intervention, and (d) conducting a feasibility study. Challenges with respect to decontextualization and subjective reality are discussed, with suggestions provided on how to overcome them. The result of this process was a feasible and acceptable web-based intervention to support family carers of persons with dementia residing in LTC.
- Subjects
CANADA; TREATMENT of dementia; FAMILIES & psychology; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; DECISION making; DECISION support systems; INTERNET; LONG-term health care; SERVICES for caregivers; PATIENT-family relations; COMPUTERS in medicine; MENTAL health; THERAPEUTICS; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2020, Vol 30, Issue 10, p1605
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1177/1049732320920229