Table 1 Eligibility criteria and categorization of QR and MMR in the study
Conference | The annual conference of the JPCA The annual conference of the RCGP The annual conference of the NAPCRG |
Duration | 2012–2016 |
Category of research | JPCA: “Research” “Hinohara prize (research award)” |
RCGP: “Research”, “Clinical”, “Education” | |
NAPCRG: all research except preliminary workshop, workshop, forum | |
Definition of QR and MMR in the study | We defined as QR and MMR all posters and oral presentations that included the words below in the title or abstract Words from Mackibbon et al. [2] “Qualitative/qualitative research/survey”, “mixed-methods”, “qualitative and quantitative” “Grounded theory”, “phenomenology”, “ethnography”, “case study”, “discourse analysis”, “narrative” Words from Saiki et al. [11] “KJ method”, “content analysis”, “action research”, “field work”, “life story” Words added by authors “Thematic analysis”, SCAT”, “immersion-crystallization approach”, “constant comparative approach” |
Categorization of characteristics of QR and MMR in the JPCA | Categories based on Mckibbon et al. [2] Participants Patients/family/nurses/other people/physicians/other health care professionals Settings Hospital/clinic/community/nursing home/emergency department Disease/condition Various/cancer/mental health/pregnancy/cerebrovascular disease/general health/frail elderly/HIV/drugs/death and dying/diabetes/critical care/injury/asthma/pain/smoking/miscellaneous disease |