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Dr Benjamin Saunders' Outputs (74)

The sample size debate: response to Norman Blaikie (2018)
Journal Article
Sim, J., Saunders, B., Waterfield, J., & Kingstone, T. (2018). The sample size debate: response to Norman Blaikie. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2018.1454642

In his detailed response to our paper on sample size in qualitative research, Norman Blaikie raises important issues concerning conceptual definitions and taxonomy. In particular, he points out the problems associated with a loose, generic applicatio... Read More about The sample size debate: response to Norman Blaikie.

Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization (2017)
Journal Article
Saunders, B., Sim, J., Kingstone, T., Baker, S., Waterfield, J., Bartlam, B., Burroughs, H., & Jinks, C. (2018). Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization. Quality and Quantity, 52, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0574-8

Saturation has attained widespread acceptance as a methodological principle in qualitative research. It is commonly taken to indicate that, on the basis of the data that have been collected or analysed hitherto, further data collection and/or analysi... Read More about Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization.

The clinical and cost-effectiveness of stratified care for patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC randomised controlled trial protocol (ISRCTN75449581). (2017)
Journal Article
Foster, N. E., Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Ogollah, R., Dunn, K. M., van der Windt, D., Beardmore, R., Artus, M., Bartlam, B., Hill, J. C., Jowett, S., Kigozi, J., Mallen, C., Saunders, B., & Hay, E. M. (2017). The clinical and cost-effectiveness of stratified care for patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC randomised controlled trial protocol (ISRCTN75449581). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, Article 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1513-5

BACKGROUND: Sciatica has a substantial impact on patients, and is associated with high healthcare and societal costs. Although there is variation in the clinical management of sciatica, the current model of care usually involves an initial period of... Read More about The clinical and cost-effectiveness of stratified care for patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC randomised controlled trial protocol (ISRCTN75449581)..

'It seems like you're going around in circles': recurrent biographical disruption constructed through the past, present and anticipated future in the narratives of young adults with inflammatory bowel disease. (2017)
Journal Article
Saunders. (2017). 'It seems like you're going around in circles': recurrent biographical disruption constructed through the past, present and anticipated future in the narratives of young adults with inflammatory bowel disease. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(5), 726 -740. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12561

Biographical disruption and related concepts continue to be widely drawn upon in explaining how individuals experience chronic illness. Through in-depth examination of the narrative experiences of two young adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD... Read More about 'It seems like you're going around in circles': recurrent biographical disruption constructed through the past, present and anticipated future in the narratives of young adults with inflammatory bowel disease..

Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study (2017)
Journal Article
Tshimologo, M., Saunders, B., Muller, S., Mallen, C. D., & Hider, S. L. (2017). Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study. BMJ Open, e014301 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014301

OBJECTIVE: To explore primary care polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patient beliefs about the causes of their PMR. DESIGN: Qualitative content analysis was conducted on patients' written responses to the question of what they thought had caused their PMR... Read More about Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study.

Keele Aches and Pains Study protocol: validity, acceptability, and feasibility of the Keele STarT MSK tool for subgrouping musculoskeletal patients in primary care. (2016)
Journal Article
Campbell, P., Hill, J., Protheroe, J., Afolabi, E., Lewis, M., Beardmore, R., Hay, E., Mallen, C., Bartlam, B., Saunders, B., Van Der Windt, D., Jowett, S., Foster, N., & Dunn, K. (2016). Keele Aches and Pains Study protocol: validity, acceptability, and feasibility of the Keele STarT MSK tool for subgrouping musculoskeletal patients in primary care. Journal of Pain Research, 2016(9), 807 -818. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S116614

Musculoskeletal conditions represent a considerable burden worldwide, and are predominantly managed in primary care. Evidence suggests that many musculoskeletal conditions share similar prognostic factors. Systematically assessing patient’s prognosis... Read More about Keele Aches and Pains Study protocol: validity, acceptability, and feasibility of the Keele STarT MSK tool for subgrouping musculoskeletal patients in primary care..

General Practitioners' and patients' perceptions towards stratified care: a theory informed investigation (2016)
Journal Article
Saunders, B., Bartlam, B., Foster, N. E., Hill, J. C., Cooper, V., & Protheroe, J. (2016). General Practitioners' and patients' perceptions towards stratified care: a theory informed investigation. BMC Family Practice, 17, Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0511-2

Background
Stratified primary care involves changing General Practitioners’ (GPs) clinical behaviour in treating patients, away from the current stepped care approach to instead identifying early treatment options that are matched to patients’ risk... Read More about General Practitioners' and patients' perceptions towards stratified care: a theory informed investigation.

048 A Consensus Group Approach to Agreeing Matched Treatment Options for Musculoskeletal Pain of Patients Stratified According to Prognostic Risk (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Protheroe, J., Saunders, B. M., Hill, J., Bartlam, B., Dunn, K. M., & Foster, N. 048 A Consensus Group Approach to Agreeing Matched Treatment Options for Musculoskeletal Pain of Patients Stratified According to Prognostic Risk

Background: This paper reports on an expert consensus exercise to agree matched treatment options for subgroups of patients based on prognostic risk of persistent disabling pain. As part of the Stratified Primary Care for Musculoskeletal Pain researc... Read More about 048 A Consensus Group Approach to Agreeing Matched Treatment Options for Musculoskeletal Pain of Patients Stratified According to Prognostic Risk.

Participant Anonymity in the Internet Age: From Theory to Practice. (2015)
Journal Article
Saunders, B., Kitzinger, J., & Kitzinger, C. (2015). Participant Anonymity in the Internet Age: From Theory to Practice. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 12(2), 125 - 137. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2014.948697

Qualitative researchers attempting to protect the identities of their research participants now face a multitude of new challenges due to the wealth of information once considered private but now readily accessible online. We will draw on our researc... Read More about Participant Anonymity in the Internet Age: From Theory to Practice..

Anonymising interview data: challenges and compromise in practice (2014)
Journal Article
Saunders, B., Kitzinger, J., & Kitzinger, C. (2015). Anonymising interview data: challenges and compromise in practice. Qualitative Research, 15(5), 616 -632. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794114550439

Anonymising qualitative research data can be challenging, especially in highly sensitive contexts such as catastrophic brain injury and end-of-life decision-making. Using examples from in-depth interviews with family members of people in vegetative a... Read More about Anonymising interview data: challenges and compromise in practice.

Stigma, deviance and morality in young adults' accounts of inflammatory bowel disease (2014)
Journal Article
Saunders, B. (2014). Stigma, deviance and morality in young adults' accounts of inflammatory bowel disease. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(7), 1020-1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12148

For young adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), perceived stigma has been found to be a salient concern. Drawing on interviews with individuals with IBD aged 18–29 (n = 16), this article uses rhetorical discourse analysis to explore how stigm... Read More about Stigma, deviance and morality in young adults' accounts of inflammatory bowel disease.