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Table 1 Type and quantity of data collected from 25 family practices using the rapid QUAL-qual method

From: Using qualitative mixed methods to study small health care organizations while maximising trustworthiness and authenticity

Data collected

Count

Comments

Qualitative

  

Interviews with nurses

36 Mean, 41 minutes

Explored life history, working roles, understanding of teamwork, experiences of a GP nurse, interactions with others, notions of quality practice

Interviews with doctors

24 Mean, 27 minutes

Explored history of practice and working life within it, roles of nurses within the practice, views of potential nurse roles

Interviews with practice managers

22 Mean, 26.5 minutes

Explored history of practice and working life within it, roles of nurses within the practice, views of potential nurse roles

Observation of nurse activity

34 nurses; 51 hours of observation

2 separate hour-long structured observation of a nurse’s activities

Photographs of nurse-identified important working sites

35 nurses; 205 photographs

Photographs taken of important working sites identified by nurses within the Practice

Maps of practice layout

7 hand-drawn & 18 printed floor plans

These plans located the nurse’s station and other key sites identified by nurses or observed by researcher

Field notes

25

Field notes taken by researcher after each visit

Quantitative

  

Summary of staff numbers & working hours

25

Questionnaire filled out by practice manager

Social scan

25

Details collected for each practice included: RRMA classification, distance from nearest acute hospital and community based services, number of regional general practices, allied health service availability, population data, and regional SES indicators such as unemployment rates