Background Qualitative descriptive designs are common in nursing and healthcare research
due to their inherent simplicity, flexibility and utility in diverse healthcare contexts. However …

Rationale, aims, and objectives Systematic reviews combining qualitative, quantitative,
and/or mixed methods studies are increasingly popular because of their potential for …

Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice provides a one-stop
resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as those …

A qualitative description design is particularly relevant where information is required directly
from those experiencing the phenomenon under investigation and where time and …

Qualitative description (QD) is a term that is widely used to describe qualitative studies of
health care and nursing‐related phenomena. However, limited discussions regarding QD …

Background COVID-19 continues to represent the single biggest challenge to contemporary
community sport globally. Compliance with social distancing policies, strict return-to-play …

Objective: The purpose of this methodology paper is to describe an approach to qualitative
design known as qualitative descriptive that is well suited to junior health sciences …

Generic qualitative research studies are those that refuse to claim allegiance to a single
established methodology. There has been significant debate in the qualitative literature …

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an introduction to and practical explanation of
qualitative description as a possible research design for you to consider. Qualitative …

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new strain of virus in
the Coronavirus family that has not been previously identified. Since SARS-CoV-2 is a new …