Willingness to Implement Narrative Communication Interventions: Mixed Methods Study Among Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria by Oluwaponmile A. Odukoya MPH, Mojisola M. Oluwasanu PhD, Ndidi A. Okunnuga MD, Omobolaji Ayandipo MD, Susan Duncan MD, Oyedunni S. Arulogun PhD, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade MD, Atara Ntekim MD

“…Written informed consent was obtained from each study participant for in-depth interviews and a semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Study protocol: Mixed-methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial on preventing dysregulated screen use in children under 3. by Juliane Schemmer, Hanno Krafft, Tobias Maurer, Silke Lange, Anke Emgenbroich, Sean Monks, David Martin, Silke Schwarz

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Study protocol for a feasibility evaluation of Charge Up!: an adaptation of Critical Time Intervention for young adults moving from homelessness to housing by Sarah C. Narendorf, Michelle R. Munson, Umaira Khan, Marcus Brown, Gregory Gomez, Diane Santa Maria, Todd Gilmer, Maurice N. Gattis, Prince Hayward, Daniel Herman

“…Participants are young adults moving into a transitional housing to rapid rehousing program (TH/RRH) in Houston, Texas. Quantitative interviews are conducted at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. …”
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EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINT RESPONSES ON NMB MKONONI SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY OF NMB BANK PLC IN DODOMA CITY, TANZANIA by Mohamed Salum KILINDO, Nasibu Rajabu MRAMBA

“…A sample of 124 respondents, including NMB Mkononi customers, staff, and branch managers, participated in the study. Data were gathered through questionnaires, interviews, and document reviews, and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. …”

The effects of spiritual experience and church commitment among South Korean young adult immigrants in the United States: a mixed-methods study by Chulwoo Park, Mark Edberg

“…Consecutively, an in-depth interview, a qualitative component, was conducted to further investigate the emotional well-being and work (or school) performance…”
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“We need all hands on deck”: characterizing addiction medicine training in Canada—a mixed methods study of fellowship program directors by Clara Lu, Kathryn Chan, Leslie Martin, Nadia Fairbairn

“…Methods This study is a mixed methods study of 12 PDs. In Phase 1, participants completed a quantitative survey analyzed through descriptive statistics. …”
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Optimising medication management for polymedicated home-dwelling older adults with multiple chronic conditions: a mixed-methods study protocol by Armin von Gunten, Filipa Pereira, Pauline Roux, Marie Santiago-Delefosse, Boris Wernli, Maria Manuela Martins, Henk Verloo

“…The qualitative study will involve: (a) obtaining and understanding the medication management practices and experiences of the identified profiles extracted from the hospital data of OAMCC who will be interviewed at home (N ≈ 30); (b) collecting and analysing the perspectives of the formal and informal caregivers involved in medication management at home in order to cross-reference perspectives about this important dimension of care at home. …”
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Testing the role of online group-based supervision for local humanitarian workers following a crisis: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. by Gülşah Kurt, Fatema Almeamari, Hafsa El-Dardery, Aya Kardouh, Scarlett Wong, Michael McGrath, Louis Klein, Ammar Beetar, Salah Lekkeh, Ahmed El-Vecih, Wael Yasaki, Ceren Acarturk, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Zachary Steel, Simon Rosenbaum, Ruth Wells

“…The thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data from the interviews and supervision sessions. Quantitative findings showed a significant reduction in psychological distress and an increase in compassion satisfaction during the post-earthquake supervision period (b = -0.18, error = 0.06, CrI = -0.29, -0.07, b = 0.26, error = 0.04, CrI = 0.18, 0.35, respectively). …”
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Nairobi Early Childcare in Slums (NECS) Study Protocol: a mixed-methods exploration of paid early childcare in Mukuru slum, Nairobi by Sunil Bhopal, Zelee Hill, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Robert C Hughes, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, Betty R Kirkwood

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"A Baby Was an Added Burden": Predictors and Consequences of Unintended Pregnancies for Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya: A Mixed-Methods Study. by Stanley Luchters, Wilkister Bosire, Amy Feng, Marlise L Richter, Nzioki King'ola, Frances Ampt, Marleen Temmerman, Matthew F Chersich

“…Qualitative data were gathered through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with FSWs who became pregnant during the study, and interviews with five key informants. …”
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Clinician attitudes, opinions and practice patterns regarding inotrope use for cardiac surgery in the USA: a multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Milisa Manojlovich, Graciela Mentz, Timothy Guetterman, Kamrouz Ghadimi, Sachin Kheterpal, Donald S Likosky, Michael R Mathis, Allison M Janda, Zhenke Wu, Kamolnat Mirizzi, Courtney J Burns, Keith D Aaronson, Francis D Pagani

“…An explanatory sequential mixed methods design will merge quantitative and qualitative data to develop meta-inferences explaining inotrope practices, as guided by an existing framework for characterising clinical practice variation and levers for practice change.Ethics and dissemination The study is approved by the institutional review board at the University of Michigan Medical School (HUM00245353). …”
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The Factors Associated with Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Batwa Adolescents in Kisoro District Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Kyambade, Robert, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Tamu, Munezero J.B., Okafor, Christiana

“…METHODS: A cross-sectional study was adopted, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods. …”
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The Factors Associated with Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Batwa Adolescents in Kisoro District Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Kyambade, Robert, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Tamu, Munezero J.B., Okafor, Christiana

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was adopted, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods. …”
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Challenges of healthcare financing in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mixed-method study among healthcare stakeholders for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by Isabel Smith, Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Sayeeda Tarannum, M A Rifat, Priyanka Boga, Jubayer Mumin, Pablo André Veronés, Ziba Mahdi, Syeda Saima Alam, Arif Faysal Khan

“…Financial documents (available online) and reports from respective coordinating agencies were also reviewed.Setting Online key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted from Stockholm with participants residing in Bangladesh between June 2022 and September 2022.Participants Eight KIIs were conducted with professional health programme managers, executives and personnel involved in policy coordination and implementation in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.Results We identified four themes and three subthemes outlining key challenges in healthcare funding, including decreasing funds (supported by a quantitative assessment) due to macroglobal issues, conflicting short-term and long-term priorities between implementing partners, insufficient efficacy due to challenges with collaborative priority-setting and implementing common processes, and a lack of consensus regarding equity between host and refugee communities.Conclusions The study identified unique challenges beyond the commonly discussed health financing issues in a resource-deficient setting: stakeholders’ conflicting priorities regarding funding and undecided equity issues among the host and refugee communities are worth scholarly and policy focus. …”
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Adolescents’ and Parents’ Perspectives on Using the MedSMARxT Families Intervention in Emergency Departments for Opioid Medication Safety Education: Mixed Methods Study by Olufunmilola Abraham, Sara Nadi, Irene Hurst

“…Data were collected through gameplay observation and 75-minute semistructured interviews via Zoom. Quantitative in-game data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis with NVivo (version 14; Lumivero). …”
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Navigating pressure and connection: goal orientation, coach-athlete relationships, and burnout among Chinese collegiate athletes—a mixed-methods study by Le Wang, Hongye Lian

“…The qualitative phase involved semi-structured interviews with a purposive subsample of 28 diverse athletes, which underwent thematic analysis.ResultsQuantitative findings indicated that task orientation, CAR closeness, and complementarity were significant negative predictors of all burnout dimensions (p < 0.05). …”
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Therapist experiences with implementation of blended (iCBT and face-to-face) treatment of alcohol use disorder (Blend-A): mixed methods study by Kristine Tarp, Kristine Tarp, Kristine Tarp, Regina Christiansen, Regina Christiansen, Randi Bilberg, Caroline Dalsgaard, Caroline Dalsgaard, Simone Borkner, Simone Borkner, Marie Folker, Anette S. Nielsen, Anette S. Nielsen, Anette S. Nielsen

“…Qualitative interviews were conducted six months after the 2nd wave. …”
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Why Go to the Psychiatric Hospital? The Experiences of People Living with Mental Disorders Hospitalized Multiple Times in One Year: A Qualitative Study by Patrick Martino, Michael Saraga, Jérôme Dubuis, Milja Kovacevic

“…In parallel, a number of patients seem to require frequent rehospitalization. Several studies have examined the subject of rehospitalization in psychiatry from a quantitative point of view, but little qualitative literature exists on patients’ experiences. …”
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Factors influencing healthcare-seeking behavior and its process analysis among ethnic minority residents: a qualitative study in rural China by Shu Wei, Haifeng Long, Yu Tian

“…BackgroundHealthcare-seeking behavior is a crucial foundation for improving the rational use of healthcare resources and enhancing community health. Existing studies have predominantly focused on quantitative analyses of healthcare-seeking choices and their determinants based on the Homo Economicus assumption, while neglecting the analysis of sociocultural processes underlying healthcare-seeking behavior.MethodsThis study employed participant observation and in-depth interviews to investigate thirty-two residents from ethnic minority rural areas, with selected typical cases subjected to focused discussion. …”
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Low Tuberculosis (TB) Case Detection: A Health Facility-Based Study of Possible Obstacles in Kaffa Zone, Southwest District of Ethiopia by Mengistu Abayneh, Shewangizaw HaileMariam, Abyot Asres

“…A cross-sectional descriptive study involving qualitative and quantitative data was conducted from Mar. to Sep. 2019. …”
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