Liv Fegran, Department of Health and Nursing Science, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. Electronic address: Liv.fegran@uia.no., Norway
Background: Meta-study is an interpretive review design of qualitative reports. Meta-study differs from other metasynthesis approaches because comprising analyses of findings, theories and methods. The object is to search for empirical, historical, disciplinary and methodological patterns and, through deconstructing, interpreting and reflecting on the insights, to document new evidence relevant to the time period when the reports were published. Objective: To discuss challenges in applying meta-study. Method: First we describe the main components of metastudy, second we to compare and contrast them to other qualitative metasynthesis approaches, and finally we discuss challenges wrestling with when applying meta-study in a systematic review about parents’ experiences of neonatal transfer 2000-2017. Results: Because previous experiences in using other metasynthesis approaches, the reviewers tended to focus on empirical findings, to aggregate more than interpret and to underestimate the meaning of deconstruction of theories and methods.
Original language
English
Publication year
13 Jun 2018
Publication status
Published - 13 Jun 2018
Event
The third Nordic Conference in Nursing Research: Methods and Networks for the future - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway Duration: 13 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018 Conference number: ISBN 978-82-995315-2-8 http://www.sygeplejekonference.dk/