No substantial differences were noted for content or methods when articles published in all disciplines were compared with articles published in nursing titles or when studies with mixed methods were compared with studies that included only qualitative methods. Phenomenology and grounded theory were commonly used substantial ethnography was also present. Diseases and conditions were cancer, mental health, pregnancy and childbirth, and cerebrovascular disease with many other diseases and conditions represented. Patients and non-health care settings were the most common groups of people studied.
37 of the 355 original reports used both qualitative and quantitative (mixed) methods. Only 4 of the most highly cited health care journals, based on ISI Science Citation Index (SCI) Impact Factors, published qualitative studies. Most of the journals were in the discipline of nursing. 355 reports of original qualitative studies and 12 systematic review articles were identified in 48 journals. MethodsĪll identified studies that used qualitative methods were reviewed to ascertain which clinical journals publish qualitative studies and to extract research methods, content (persons and health care issues studied), and whether mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative methods) were used.
The purpose of this descriptive survey was to provide a quantitative evaluation of the qualitative studies published in 170 core clinical journals for 2000. Quantitative studies are becoming more recognized as important to understanding health care with all of its richness and complexities.
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