OBJECTIVES This article presents a detailed idiographic analysis of patients' experience of first-episode depression. DESIGN This is a qualitative interview study using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). METHODS Semi-structured interviews were carried out with a purposive sample of seven patients presenting to a mental health service in London, UK with symptoms of first-episode...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging problems for health, impacting many aspects of individual s lives, including employment. Sustainable employability refers to one s attributes and skills to be able to perform a chosen occupation, benefitting oneself and society in the long term. It is not directly affected by diabetes, yet assessment is different for every case and highly depende...

This phenomenological qualitative study analyzes the lived experiences of eleven Bangladeshi higher secondary students in mainstream schools to provide insight into their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values, and assumptions private tutoring English (PT-E). The also focused on PT-E that contribute inequalities between who have access those do not. Each participant participated a one-to-one in-de...

I show some problems with recent discussions within qualitative research that centre around the “authenticity” of phenomenological methods. argue attempts to restrict scope term “phenomenology” via reference philosophy Husserl are misguided, because meaning is only broadly restricted by etymology. My argument has two prongs: first, a discussion Husserl, canonical tradition gives rise many trait...

In recent decades, phenomenological concepts and methodological ideals have been adopted by qualitative researchers. Several influential strands of what we will refer to as Phenomenological Research (PR) emerged. We call into question whether PR has sufficiently sensitive the issue prerequisites, or basic conditions, for doing research. The practical implementation key is important in working w...

The aim of this article is to show how reflexology could facilitate phenomenological interviewing by probing the life-world of individual participants. It presents a hybrid study of phenomenological interviewing and reflexology as a holistic method of health care. In this sense, it is an interparadigmatic study, since it rests on the interface of Western and Oriental thought. This article repor...