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Content analysis and thematic analysis: Implications for conducting a qualitative descriptive study : Qualitative descriptive study
Author(s):
Mojtaba Vaismoradi
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Hannele Turunen
1
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Terese Bondas
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March 11 2013
Journal:
Nursing & Health Sciences
Publisher:
Wiley
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Qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis are two commonly used approaches in data analysis of nursing research, but boundaries between the two have not been clearly specified. In other words, they are being used interchangeably and it seems difficult for the researcher to choose between them. In this respect, this paper describes and discusses the boundaries between qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis and presents implications to improve the consistency between the purpose of related studies and the method of data analyses. This is a discussion paper, comprising an analytical overview and discussion of the definitions, aims, philosophical background, data gathering, and analysis of content analysis and thematic analysis, and addressing their methodological subtleties. It is concluded that in spite of many similarities between the approaches, including cutting across data and searching for patterns and themes, their main difference lies in the opportunity for quantification of data. It means that measuring the frequency of different categories and themes is possible in content analysis with caution as a proxy for significance. © 2013 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
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Title:
Nursing & Health Sciences
Abbreviated Title:
Nurs Health Sci
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Wiley
ISSN:
14410745
Publication date Created:
September 2013
Publication date (Print):
September 2013
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March 11 2013
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: 15
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: 3
Pages
: 398-405
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Department of Nursing Science; Kuopio Campus; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio; Finland
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10.1111/nhs.12048
PubMed ID:
23480423
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7a8cb74d-2850-4b4a-a6fb-5718cd70922d
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© 2013
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http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1
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