Ellie Fossey

TL;DR: This paper aims to provide beginning researchers, and those unfamiliar with qualitative research, with an orientation to the principles that inform the evaluation of the design, conduct, findings and interpretation of qualitative research.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide guidance to enable occupational therapists to determine the trustworthiness of a qualitative research project, and explain, and illustrate with examples, six considerations that should be taken into account when determining whether the method, findings and interpretation of qualitative research have been conducted in a trustworthy manner, including thick description, triangulation strategies, member-checking, collaboration between the researcher and the researched, transferability and reflexivity.

TL;DR: The Perceived Need for Care Questionnaire shows acceptable feasibility, reliability and validity, adding to the range of assessment tools available for epidemiological and health services research.

TL;DR: The overall rate of perceived need found by this methodology lies between those found in the USA and Canada, and suggests that service use in the absence of diagnosis elicited by survey questionnaires may often represent successful intervention.