Abstract
To describe the use of IRAMUTEQ software in qualitative data analysis. A description for using a software program as a tool to support data processing in qualitative research, carried out in 2015. Data collection was done through interviews using a semi-structured script. Twenty-one (21) companions participated in the study. The five classes resulting from data processing by the software allowed for analysis and interpretation of the nursing performance with the parturient as an active participant in the process of labor and delivery, and in the role of companion in this period. The use of IRAMUTEQ software as a tool for processing qualitative data through the Descending Hierarchical Classification emerged classes and a connection between them, which further allowed for secure and credible data analysis. It is necessary to explore the other possibilities of using this tool in greater depth.
Highlights
Qualitative research in the health area has been consolidated in recent decades, and its diffusion has been intensified in the Nursing area
This study describes the use of a software program as a tool to support data processing in qualitative research
Three steps are taken to perform the Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC): preparation and coding of the initial text, the descending hierarchical classification performed by the data processing, and interpretation of the classes
Summary
Qualitative research in the health area has been consolidated in recent decades, and its diffusion has been intensified in the Nursing area Researchers who choose this approach seek to understand the participants’ perspective, interpreted according to researchers’ experiences[1]. Since the 1980s the creation of computational programs that offer assistance in qualitative research data analysis have increased in quantity and possibilities for researchers. Among several software programs available are some free programs which have resulted from a movement for sharing technological knowledge based on principles such as freedom of use, copying, modification and redistribution. These fundamentals are made possible by the distribution of the programs’ source code, transforming them into public goods[4]
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