Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families

Feast, Alexandra; Orrell, Martin; Charlesworth, Georgina; Poland, Fiona; Featherstone, Katie; Melunsky, Nina; Moniz-Cook, Esme

Abstract

In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing findings that can contribute to a better understanding of a research question. In response, meta-ethnography has emerged as a potentially useful method to synthesize and integrate both qualitative and quantitative data from different perspectives using qualitative methodology. In this case study, we describe how we have used meta-ethnography to better understand how families experience dementia. We address a particular issue of selecting the highest quality evidence across a range of epistemologies.

Citation

Feast, A., Orrell, M., Charlesworth, G., Poland, F., Featherstone, K., Melunsky, N., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2018). Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526444899

• Acceptance Date: Sep 27, 2017
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 17, 2018
• Journal: SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526444899
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/904441
• Publisher URL: http://methods.sagepub.com/case/meta-ethnography-synthesize-relevant-studies-dementia-challenging-behavior
• Contract Date: Jan 17, 2018