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Experiences of trans persons in physical activity and sport: A qualitative meta-synthesis
2019
• Language has negative consequences for trans people but also becomes an act of resistance.• Changing rooms are experienced as embarrassing and unsafe.• Trans persons use different strategies for ...
Using Sandelowski and Barroso's Meta-Synthesis Method in Advancing Qualitative Evidence.
2016
The purpose of this article was to iteratively account for and discuss the handling of methodological challenges in two qualitative research syntheses concerning patients’ experiences of hospital transition. We applied Sandelowski and Barroso’s guidelines for synthesizing qualitative research, and to our knowledge, this is the first time researchers discuss their methodological steps. In the process, we identified a need for prolonged discussions to determine mutual understandings of the methodology. We discussed how to identify the appropriate qualitative research literature and how to best conduct exhaustive literature searches on our target phenomena. Another finding concerned our statu…
A qualitative meta-synthesis of patients' experiences of intra- and inter-hospital transitions
2013
Aim. To aggregate, interpret and synthesize findings from qualitative studies of patients’ experiences on being transferred/in transition from one hospital to another or from one ward to another. Background. Studies about patients’ experiences of transfer focused on concepts such as transfer stress, transfer anxiety, and translocation syndrome; however, a metasynthesis on experiences of transition across different patient populations was lacking. Design. The meta-synthesis approach was based on the guidelines by Sandelowski and Barroso. Data source. Six electronic databases were searched for articles published between the years 1999-2011, based on the target phenomenon: patients’ experience…