Qualitative

Sample size

• Sim, J; Saunders, B; Waterfield, J; Kingstone, T. 27-03-2018. 'The sample size debate: response to Norman Blaikie'. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. DOI > view in repository >
• Sim, J; Saunders, B; Waterfield, J; Kingstone, T. 27-03-2018. 'Can sample size in qualitative research be determined a priori?'. Internatonal Journal of Social Research methodlology. DOI > view in repository >

Data saturation

• Saunders, Benjamin; Sim, Julius; Kingstone, Tom; Baker, Shula; Waterfield, Jackie; Bartlam, Bernadette; Burroughs, Heather; Jinks, Clare. 01-07-2018. 'Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization'. Quality and Quantity. DOI > view in repository >

Anonymity and confidentiality

• Saunders, B; Kitzinger, J; Kitzinger, C. 15-10-2015. 'Anonymising interview data: challenges and compromise in practice'. Qualitative Research. DOI > view in repository >
• Saunders, B; Kitzinger, J; Kitzinger, C. 21-01-2015. 'Participant Anonymity in the Internet Age: From Theory to Practice.'. Qualitative Research in Psychology. DOI > view in repository >

Qualitative Data Preservation and Sharing (Q-DaPS).

• The aim of the project is to design, test, and evaluate a prototype qualitative data repository for health and social care research hosted in a Trusted Research Environment (TRE). https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/primary-care-and-population-health/research/e-health-unit/research/q-daps

Online discussion forums

• Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Jinks, C., Buttery, A., Ashworth, J., …Dikomitis, L. (in press). Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection. British Journal of Pain https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/825516

Data integration

• Richards DA, Bazeley P, Borglin G, Craig P, Emsley R, Frost J, Hill J, Horwood J, Hutchings HA, Jinks C, Montgomery A, Moore M, Plano Clark V, Sarah Tonkin-Crine S, Wade J, Warren FC, Wyke S, Young B, O'Cathain A. Integrating quantitative and qualitative data and findings when undertaking randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open 2019;9:e032081. doi:10. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e032081

We have an extensive portfolio of undertaking qualitative research in trials, across the evaluation pathway and in different trial designs. Our work includes intervention development, investigating experiences of health and care interventions, implementation and understanding behaviour change. We are members of the Qualitative Research in Trials group (QRIT) and Trial Conduct Working Group of the MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP). https://www.methodologyhubs.mrc.ac.uk/.

PROMPPT

• Cornwall N, Woodcock C, Ashworth J, Harrisson SA, Dikomitis L, White S, Helliwell T, Hodgson E, Knaggs R, Pincus T, Santer M, Mallen CD, Jinks C; PROMPPT team. Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development. Br J Pain. 2024 Jun;18(3):274-291. doi: 10.1177/20494637231221688. Epub 2023 Dec 19. PMID: 38751561; PMCID: PMC11092934. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38751561/ 

EASEBACK 

• Bartlam, B., Waterfield, J., Bishop, A., Holden, M. A., Barlas, P., Ismail, K. M., Kettle, C., & Foster, N. E. (2018). The Role of Qualitative Research in Clinical Trial Development: The EASE Back Study. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 12(3), 325-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689816656740
• Healey EL, Lewis M, Corp N, Shivji NA, van der Windt DA, Babatunde OO, Simkins J, Bartlam B, Rowlands G, Protheroe J. Supported self-management for all with musculoskeletal pain: an inclusive approach to intervention development: the EASIER study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023 Jun 10;24(1):474. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06452-4. PMID: 37301959; PMCID: PMC10257331. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37301959/ 

PANDA-S

• Saunders B, Burton C, van der Windt DA, Myers H, Chester R, Pincus T, Wynne-Jones G. Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023 Jan 2;24(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-06059-1. PMID: 36588148; PMCID: PMC9805906. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36588148/

COPING

• Mughal, Faraz; Chew-Graham, Carolyn A.; Saunders, Benjamin; Lawton, Sarah A.; Lewis, Sarah; Smith, Jo; Lancaster, Gillian; Townsend, Ellen; Armitage, Christopher J.; Bower, Peter; Kapur, Nav; Kessler, David; Realpe, Alba X.; Wiles, Nicola; Ougrin, Dennis; Lewis, Martyn. . 'The CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs to young people after self-harm (COPING): protocol for a feasibility study'. NIHR Open Research. DOI > view in repository >

INCLUDE

• Herron D, Chew-Graham CA, Hider S, Machin A, Paskins Z, Cooke K, Desilva EE, Jinks C. Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study. J Multimorb Comorb. 2021 Apr 13;11:26335565211002402. doi: 10.1177/26335565211002402. PMID: 33912472; PMCID: PMC8047946. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33912472/

STarT MSK

• Saunders B, Hill JC, Foster NE, Cooper V, Protheroe J, Chudyk A, Chew-Graham C, Bartlam B. Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: qualitative findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Feb 11;21(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-1098-1. PMID: 32046656; PMCID: PMC7014618. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32046656/

OPTiMISE

• Bateman M, Saunders B, Cooper K, Littlewood C, Hill JC. Exploring the feasibility and acceptance of an optimised physiotherapy approach for lateral elbow tendinopathy: a qualitative investigation within the OPTimisE trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 13;14(3):e073816. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073816. PMID: 38485170; PMCID: PMC10941140. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38485170/

iPOPP

• Healey EL, McBeth J, Nicholls E, Chew-Graham CA, Dent S, Foster NE, Herron D, Pincus T, Hartshorne L, Hay EM, Jinks C. The acceptability and feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a walking intervention for older people with persistent musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A mixed methods evaluation of the iPOPP pilot trial. Musculoskeletal Care. 2023 Dec;21(4):1372-1386. doi: 10.1002/msc.1815. Epub 2023 Sep 9. PMID: 37688496; PMCID: PMC10946998. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37688496/

STarT MSK

• Saunders B, Chudyk A, Protheroe J, Cooper V, Bartlam B, Birkinshaw H, Foster NE, Hill JC. Risk-based stratified primary care for common musculoskeletal pain presentations: qualitative findings from the STarT MSK cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Dec 16;23(1):326. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01924-3. PMID: 36522640; PMCID: PMC9754991. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36522640/#full-view-affiliation-4

MOSAICS

• Morden A, Jinks C, Ong BN, Porcheret M, Dziedzic KS. Acceptability of a 'guidebook' for the management of Osteoarthritis: a qualitative study of patient and clinician's perspectives. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 Dec 13;15:427. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-427. PMID: 25496765; PMCID: PMC4301067. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25496765/
• Ong BN, Morden A, Brooks L, Porcheret M, Edwards JJ, Sanders T, Jinks C, Dziedzic K. Changing policy and practice: making sense of national guidelines for osteoarthritis. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Apr;106:101-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.036. Epub 2014 Jan 30. PMID: 24556289. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24556289/

SCOPiC

• Saunders B, Konstantinou K, Artus M, Foster NE, Bartlam B. Patients' and clinicians' perspectives on a 'fast-track' pathway for patients with sciatica in primary care: qualitative findings from the SCOPiC stratified care trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Jul 17;21(1):469. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03483-z. PMID: 32680487; PMCID: PMC7367249. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32680487/

WAVE

• Saunders B, Chew-Graham C, Sowden G, Cooke K, Walker-Bone K, Madan I, Parsons V, Linaker CH, Wynne-Jones G. Constructing therapeutic support and negotiating competing agendas: A discourse analysis of vocational advice provided to individuals who are absent from work due to ill-health. Health (London). 2024 Mar;28(2):185-202. doi: 10.1177/13634593221148446. Epub 2023 Apr 24. PMID: 37092765; PMCID: PMC10900846. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37092765/

HIT

• Holden MA, Hawarden A, Paskins Z, Roddy E, Mallen CD, Liddle J, Bourton A, Jinks C; HIT trial team. Experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and of receiving advice, education and ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip injection in the hip injection trial. A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Care. 2023 Dec;21(4):1601-1611. doi: 10.1002/msc.1830. Epub 2023 Oct 31. PMID: 37905905. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37905905/