Caring for people with multiple sclerosis who use cannabis for symptom control

Research suggests that a large proportion of people living with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) are using cannabis to self-manage symptoms, or at least believe there are potential benefits in using this drug. Since community nurses are frontline caregivers, they are likely to encounter PwMS who use cannabis within the home setting. The literature base surrounding this topic is largely driven by quantitative research examining the effectiveness of cannabis as a medicine. This review found that qualitative research exploring the experiences of PwMS who use cannabis is lacking worldwide and is completely absent within UK nursing literature. PwMS using cannabis may not feel safe discussing this with health professionals, as they might fear being judged. This literature review discusses how people perceive the effectiveness of cannabis in helping symptoms associated with MS, while also considering the stigma and legal concerns people face. This review may help community nurses inform their practice and enhance person-centred relationships between them and PwMS.

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Soft innovation in hotel services: case of Izmir City

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-05-2019-0072 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 1025-1043

Author(s):

Ige Pirnar ◽

Yasemin Celik Kamali ◽

Engin Deniz Eris

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Literature Review ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Limited Information ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Content Type ◽

Hotel Managers ◽

Boutique Hotels ◽

The City

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to figure out the impacts of soft innovation in the city hotels in general, whereas the focus is on figuring out if there exists a difference in vitality on the components of soft innovation among the hotel categories, as 4 stars, 5 stars and boutique hotels in Izmir, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach The first part is related to a detailed literature review on the soft innovation components as color, sound, light, scent and decoration. Literature review is followed by a qualitative research where expert information on the research topic is collected. Judgmental sampling is used to identify experts’ views where in-depth semi-structured interviews are conducted with 12 hotel managers in Izmir city. The soft innovation hotel application areas taken into consideration are: lobby and reception, rooms, restaurant, bar and ballroom areas, meeting and congress halls, SPA and pools, gardens and landscape and other exterior hotel architecture. Findings The findings of the research reveal the sample hotel managers’ views as all the soft innovation applications are important for all city hotels regardless of their category, meaning that soft innovation may lead to better marketing results. Thus, according to hotel managers, soft innovation offerings have a potential for better customer satisfaction as positive feedback. However, the vitality degree among components changes according to the hotel’s category. For boutique hotels the most important component is found to be the decoration of the hotel, whereas for 4 stars hotels it is light and for 5 stars hotels it is scent. Research limitations/implications The results of this study give relatively limited information because only managers’ point of view are shown. In the research, customers’ perceptions on soft innovation based interviews with the top management of the hotels studied takes place, indicating which may not be the case to reflect the real perception of customers. Therefore, for further researches, it is recommended for the other researches to take into consideration of customers’ point of views as well. Also, time limitation, sample size and application of only qualitative research may be stated as the limitations for this study. Quantitative research applies to customers on the same topic and problem statement is recommended for further studies related to city hotels’ soft innovation applications. Practical implications Motivation of this study is to understand how soft innovation can change hotels’ atmosphere and make it more attractive from the managers’ perceptions. According to hotel managers’ views, soft innovation applications may lead to higher customer satisfaction, but the level of investment among the components may change according to the city hotel’s category. Research implications indicate that hotel managers may optimize the effectiveness of their soft innovation efforts by taking into consideration their hotel type, application areas and innovation category as decoration, color, scent, sound and light. According to hotel managers, decoration-related soft innovation is more important to boutique hotels, lighting-related soft innovation is an effective investment for 4 stars hotels and scent-related soft innovation is a suitable investment for 5 stars hotels. Originality/value The originality of the study lies in the analysis of the components of soft innovation as a means for effective city hotel marketing and innovative management applications. Though it is a very suitable industry for implementation, improvement and development, there are limited studies on soft innovation applications in the hotel industry.

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Volunteer Teaching of High School Students: We Will See You Again

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies ◽

10.32996/jhsss.2020.2.6.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 23-30

Author(s):

Xiahua Dong ◽

Chujie Yuan ◽

Kairan Liu ◽

Yixiao Liu ◽

Luoyifu Li

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

High School Students ◽

Literature Review ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Short Term ◽

School Students ◽

Children Of Migrant Workers

Since February 2006, responding to Chinese Government’s police, Three Support and One Assistance, short-term volunteer teaching has burgeoned in China. However, the effect of short-term volunteer teaching is rather concerning and unsatisfactory. We conduct our research from three parts: literature review, quantitative research, and qualitative research. Three major concerns are identified from literature review: inappropriate motivation, unprofessionalism, and inconsistency. An interview with a humanitarian organization Nuannuan is conducted to find the possible solution. Based on it, the hypothesis is that longterm and organized volunteer teaching is more effective so the solution could be a long-term volunteer teaching alliance. Two surveys are used to test the feasibility of the solution by analyzing children of migrant workers’ attitudes and high school volunteers’ attitudes. The results show that children are willing to participate and volunteers are willing to teach in the long-term. The hypothesis is proved and the solution is an establishment of a volunteer teaching alliance among all high school students in Beijing.

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Managing the transition (ManTra): a resource for persons with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and their health professionals: protocol for a mixed-methods study in Italy

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017254 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (8) ◽

pp. e017254 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ambra Mara Giovannetti ◽

Andrea Giordano ◽

Erika Pietrolongo ◽

Paolo Confalonieri ◽

Giovanna De Luca ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Expert Panel ◽

Significant Others ◽

Progressive Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Nominal Group ◽

Developmental Phase ◽

Secondary Progressive

Introduction15 years after clinical onset, about 50% of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis convert to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). Notwithstanding the importance of this transition, knowledge of the experiences and needs of patients and carers is fragmentary, and targeted interventions are not available. Managing the Transition to SPMS (ManTra) is a mixed methodology project to develop and test a user-led resource for newly diagnosed patients with SPMS. Here, we describe the developmental phase, consisting of a literature review and a new research study involving key stakeholders, in which we construct the resource.Methods and analysisRound 1: The literature review and study will be conducted in parallel. The latter will identify patient needs using a qualitative approach consisting of: personal semistructured interviews with >15 recently diagnosed patients with SPMS; three focus group meetings (one with significant others of patients, one with neurologists and one with other health professionals caring for patients with SPMS). An online survey (>200 recently diagnosed Italian patients with SPMS) will follow to verify needs in a larger independent sample. An expert panel will outline a set of candidate resources/interventions that aim to satisfy the needs thus identified. Round 2: Consensus on the final resource will be obtained in a 1-day meeting of recently diagnosed patients with SPMS, significant others, health professionals and other stakeholders, using the nominal group technique. The expert panel will refine the resource, identify the outcome measures to assess its efficacy and ascertain the most suitable comparator (ManTra Phase 2, not part of this protocol).Ethics and disseminationThe study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of each of the involved centres: Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute C Besta, Milan ; G D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara and the Aldo Moro University of Bari. The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at conferences and a lay summary sent to participants.

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PENGGUNAAN LITERATUR DALAM PENELITIAN KUALITATIF

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia ◽

10.7454/jki.v9i1.157 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yati Afiyanti

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Literature Review ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Scientific Nature

AbstrakPenggunaan literatur baik pada penelitian kuantitatif maupun pada penelitian kualitatif mutlak diperlukan. Literatur digunakan untuk memberikan suatu gambaran hal-hal yang telah diketahui dan yang belum diketahui dari suatu fenomena khusus. Penelusuran dan peninjauan ulang berbagai literatur yang relevan dengan suatu topik penelitian dapat dilakukan sebelum, selama dan setelah dilakukannya proses pengambilan dan analisis data penelitian tersebut. Khususnya pada penelitian kualitatif, penggunaan literature memiliki berbagai tujuan berdasarkan jenis penelitian kualitatif yang dilakukan. Secara umum, untuk mempertahankan kealamiahan data, penggunaan literatur secara ekstensif dilakukan setelah penelitian dilakukan. AbstractEither in quantitative research or in qualitative research, using the literature is critical. It is conducted to generate a picture of what is known and not known about a particular situation. Searching and reviewing of the relevant literature of the study could be conducted before, during, and after the data collection and analysis of the study. In qualitative research particularly the purpose conducting the literature review varies, based on the type of study to be conducted. In general, to keep the scientific nature of data, using the extensive literature should be conducted after the study has been conducted.

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Reporting on Qualitative Components of A Research Project

IJPTE International Journal of Pedagogy and Teacher Education ◽

10.20961/ijpte.v5i2.55896 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Lyn English

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Literature Review ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Title Page ◽

Research Project ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Research In Education

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>In this brief commentary, I first overview the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research in education and also briefly consider mixed methods. I then offer a few suggestions for reporting on particular methodological components and the results of qualitative research. I do not address the reporting on other significant components such as the literature review and theoretical framework, given that these aspects are generic to both qualitative and quantitative research. The points I make are brief and are by no means exhaustive. Nevertheless, it is hoped that they offer some guidance for authors in education who adopt primarily qualitative methods. </span></p></div></div></div>

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A Systematic Literature Review of the EFQM Excellence Model from 1991 to 2019

International Journal of Applied Research in Management and Economics ◽

10.33422/ijarme.v2i2.211 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 11-15

Author(s):

Muhammad Yousaf ◽

Petr Bris

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Data Collection ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Web Of Science ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Future Research ◽

European Foundation ◽

The Subject

A systematic literature review (SLR) from 1991 to 2019 is carried out about EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) excellence model in this paper. The aim of the paper is to present state of the art in quantitative research on the EFQM excellence model that will guide future research lines in this field. The articles were searched with the help of six strings and these six strings were executed in three popular databases i.e. Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct. Around 584 peer-reviewed articles examined, which are directly linked with the subject of quantitative research on the EFQM excellence model. About 108 papers were chosen finally, then the purpose, data collection, conclusion, contributions, and type of quantitative of the selected papers are discussed and analyzed briefly in this study. Thus, this study identifies the focus areas of the researchers and knowledge gaps in empirical quantitative literature on the EFQM excellence model. This article also presents the lines of future research.

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Religion and Religiosity: A Path to War or Peace

Polish Political Science Review ◽

10.2478/ppsr-2018-0013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 55-69

Author(s):

Ghada Awada

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Literature Review ◽

Research Method ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Behavioral Model ◽

Religious Violence ◽

Religious Texts ◽

Humanistic Approach ◽

Research Findings ◽

Divine Origin

Abstract The study was set to examine the differences between religion and religiosity and to explore how communities can be protected against religious violence. The study also intended to investigate the motives and the effect that religious violence has had throughout history. The study employed the qualitative research method whereby the researcher carried out a meta-analysis synthesis of different research findings to make conclusions and implications that could answer the study questions. Using the literature review they conducted, the researchers carried out data collection. As such, the researcher employed the bottom-up approach to identify the problem and the questions along with the investigation framework of what they decided to explore. The findings of the study revealed that religious backgrounds should be the cornerstone to realize the diff erence between religion and religiosity. Religion is of divine origin whereas religiosity is specifically a humanistic approach and a behavioral model. The religious violence phenomenon is formed by interlocking factors such as the interpretation of religious texts which clearly adopt thoughts and heritage full of violence camouflaged by religion. It is recommended that governments use a strong strategy employing the educational system, summits and dialogs to successfully overcome religious violence. The summits on religion should result in starting a dialog that ensures acceptance of the different religions.

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