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First published March 1992

Enhancement of Validity Through Qualitative Approaches: Incorporating the Patient's Perspective

Martha Ann Carey and Mickey W. SmithView all authors and affiliations
Volume 15, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1177/016327879201500107

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Validity of research in a medical environment is enhanced through incorporating the patient's perspective by using qualitative approaches. Our efforts to improve the validity of measures led us to examine the research process more broadly through mechanisms ofpatientparticipation: a protocol adviser, a participantadvisory panel, and focus groups. In our research program of biopsychosocial HIVstudies in the military population, feedback from patient participants provided the research staff with information important for refining standard measures, improving the research process, and interpreting the quantitative data analyses.

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Volume 15, Issue 1
Pages: 107 - 114
Article first published: March 1992
Issue published: March 1992

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Martha Ann Carey
National Center for Nursing Research
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Mickey W. Smith
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for, the Advancement of Military Medicine
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