Analysing study method used for the study
The traditional method used for this study is the grounded theory approach combined with interviewing as the method of data collection. The researcher even before the study involved himself in the daily lives of the Taiwanese community and he was hence familiar to most of the participants when the study began. This made it easy for them to trust him which made them open up freely about their Lower Urinary Track symptoms (LUTS) and they even brought in more participants willing to talk about their experiences (Wang et al., 2011).
The researcher through interacting with the Taiwanese community was able to conduct one on one interviews with the women with LUTS, and came to learn that women that suffered from LUTS were always stigmatized which affected their daily activities and hence the choice to keep the problem to themselves (Wang et al., 2011). For credibility of data, the interviews were open ended and in-depth which allowed the participants to explain their experiences in-depth. Records were constantly compared during the analysis process to help establish dependability and to ensure that the information offered by the participants was correct (Wang et al., 2011).
This grounded theory approach was effective and it worked well with the other research methods like interviews because it was easy for the researcher to easily communicate with the participants. By first immersing himself in the society, the researcher was able to interact with all types of people in the society and this included the physicians and nurses as well as the overall population of women suffering from LUTS thus gaining more data for the study (Wang et al., 2011). The interviews were easy to conduct since the participants already trusted the researcher and were hence ready to offer all the information that he needed to understand the extent to which lower urinary track problem affects Taiwanese women.
Reference
Wang, Y., Chen, S., Jou, H., & Tsao, L. (2011). Doing the best to control: The experiences of
Taiwanese women with lower urinary tract symptoms. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21160367
