Conducting Thematic Analysis with Qualitative Data

Content Analysis (qualitative, Thematic)

What women say about their dysmenorrhea: a qualitative thematic analysis

BACKGROUND Dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent and is the leading cause of absence from school and work among women of reproductive age. Evidence suggests that dysmenorrhea may also be a risk factor for other chronic pain conditions. Limited research has examined women's experience with dysmenorrhea using qualitative data. Research is warranted to address issues and needs that are important from w...

Qualitative thematic analysis of the phenomenology of near-death experiences

Near-death experiences (NDEs) refer to profound psychological events that can have an important impact on the experiencers' (NDErs) lives. Previous studies have shown that NDEs memories are phenomenologically rich. In the present study, we therefore aimed to extract the common themes (referred to as "features" in the NDE literature) reported by NDErs by analyzing all the concepts stored in the ...

Combining approaches to qualitative data analysis : synthesising the mechanical ( CAQDAS ) with the thematic ( a voice - centred relational approach )

In this article I discuss the challenges of managing and analysing qualitative data produced from in-depth interviews. I detail how two methods of data analysis have been combined to explore older women‟s (over 35yrs) accounts of early pregnancy loss – which formed the data for the author‟s PhD research. A computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) package, in this case NUDIST4, was a...

The Analysis of Qualitative Study Data Using Software

The use of softwares for analyzing research data is increasing everyday. Making use of softwares specified for the analysis of qualitative data has begun since 20 years ago, and has been exposed to so many changes so far. Researchers have used the existing softwares such as word processors to facilitate the analysis practice, even before using specific softwares. Different softwares have severa...