Bruk av metasyntese som metode for å syntetisere kvalitativ forskning: Et eksempel hvor HIV-stigma er brukt som tema

Abstract

Purpose:

Demonstrate synthesizing qualitative research, by means of an approach to a metasynthesis as methodology related to HIV-stigma.

Methods:

Metasynthesis with metasummary as the study's empirical foundation, and constant targeted comparison to synthesize the findings in to a new conceptualization of HIV stigma.

Results:

The synthesized knowledge shows experience of HIV-stigma as complex, because it involves both reflection of other people's possible reaction and actually experienced stigma.

Conclusion:

The article presents one way to use metasynthesis to synthesize results of qualitative research, and also discuss issues of validity.

Metasynthesis is presented as a method that can preserve an explicit and transparent link between conclusions and the findings of primary studies, if principles of optimizing the validity of qualitative synthesis are followed.