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- Integration is key in mixed methods research (MMR) but is often overlooked by researchers, who typically focus only on the final stages of analysis.
- The study aims to clarify the integration process in MMR using an example of sleep health research among women with breast cancer, highlighting four dimensions of integration that include philosophical assumptions, methods, and dissemination of findings.
- The results emphasize the importance of visual tools in analyzing and connecting quantitative and qualitative data to provide a deeper understanding of complex health issues, while also acknowledging the challenges of effective integration throughout the research process.
Article Abstract
Background: Integration-a hallmark of mixed methods research (MMR)-is crucial throughout the entire research process. Despite its importance, integration remains an elusive concept often inadequately addressed by researchers, with many publications focusing solely on the final stages of data analysis and interpretation.
Objectives: The authors aim to synthesize methodologic discussions of the mixed method research integration process and provide an illustration of integration across all phases of an exemplar explanatory sequential study.
Methods: Integration in MMR includes four distinct dimensions encompassing philosophical assumptions and paradigms, methodological methods, and dissemination of integrated study findings. This paper presents our integrated study findings, illustrated by a research study conducted to investigate sleep health among women with breast cancer.
Results: Integration of quantitative and qualitative data analyses is demonstrated through consistently matching the guiding paradigm with design choice, meta-inferences, and visual joint displays. The connecting displays linking quantitative and qualitative data, compare sleep characteristics scores, and the relationship between anxiety and vasomotor symptoms. The results highlight the significance of visual tools in enhancing the analytic processes and providing a comprehensive understanding of complex clinical phenomena.
Discussion: Integrating across all stages of mixed method research studies presents many challenges. The proposed four-dimension model of integration contributes to understanding the unique value of fully integrated mixed methods results. The exemplary study findings confirm the value of integration in achieving a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of a significant clinical problem.
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