Mariette Bengtsson (2016)
Practical guide to planning and conducting qualitative content analysis, with clear steps to support rigorous reporting.
This article provides a structured, practice-oriented overview of how to plan and carry out a qualitative study using content analysis. It helps readers translate qualitative material into systematically derived categories and themes while emphasizing transparency and rigor across the research process. As a methods-focused piece in nursing research, it is useful for designing studies, documenting analytic decisions, and improving the credibility of findings. Its main value is as a concise roadmap for researchers learning or standardizing content analysis workflows.
Methodological guidance article outlining a step-by-step workflow for qualitative content analysis.
Basic familiarity with qualitative research design and collecting textual data (e.g., interviews or documents).
Key work on conducting a qualitative study using content analysis
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