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01-06-2010 | Editorial

Putting the text back into context: toward increased use of mixed methods for quality of life research

Authors: Lena Ring, Cynthia R. Gross, Elaine McColl

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 5/2010

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Much of the research in quality of life (QoL), and the majority of publications in Quality of Life Research, have employed quantitative methods. Although these methods have value in facilitating rigor and reproducibility in clinical research studies, they have a concomitant risk of losing the subtlety and distinctions experienced by patients living with health problems. The field of QoL research would benefit from an increased awareness of the value of combining qualitative and quantitative approaches and from a renewed appraisal of best practices in the use of such mixed methods. …

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Title: Putting the text back into context: toward increased use of mixed methods for quality of life research
Authors: Lena Ring
Cynthia R. Gross
Elaine McColl
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Quality of Life Research / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9647-z

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