Development of clinically meaningful complex interventions – The contribution of qualitative research
Ludvigsen, M.S.; Meyer, G.; Hall, E.; Fegran, L.; Aagaard, H.; Uhrenfeldt, L. · Pflege · 2013 · Heft 6 · S. 207 bis 214
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The debate about the “right” methods and designs for nursing research is on-going. According to international surveys, studies on the effectiveness and safety of nursing interventions are rare. Since nursing practice deals daily with interventions, nurses ostensibly expose hospital patients and nursing home residents frequently to unproven therapeutic and preventive nursing interventions. Nursing interventions are predominately of a complex nature, consisting of several components depending on and interacting with each other and their complex contextual factors. Thus, evaluation studies are often challenging and…