Experiences from a pilot study on how to conduct a qualitative multi-country research project regarding use of antibiotics in Southeast Europe

Susanne Kaae; Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong; Janine Morgall Traulsen; Helle Wallach Kildemoes; Lotte Stig Nørgaard; Arianit Jakupi; Denis Raka; Emre Umut Gürpinar; Ali Alkan; Iris Hoxha; Admir Malaj; Lourdes Cantarero Arevalo

doi:10.1186/s40545-016-0069-3

Experiences from a pilot study on how to conduct a qualitative multi-country research project regarding use of antibiotics in Southeast Europe

Susanne Kaae, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong, Janine Morgall Traulsen, Helle Wallach Kildemoes, Lotte Stig Nørgaard, Arianit Jakupi, Denis Raka, Emre Umut Gürpinar, Ali Alkan, Iris Hoxha, Admir Malaj, Lourdes Cantarero Arevalo

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 2014, a qualitative multi-country research project was launched to study the reasons behind the high use of antibiotics in regions of Southeast Europe by using previously untrained national interviewers (who were engaged in other antibiotic microbial resistance-related investigations) to conduct qualitative interviews with local patients, physicians and pharmacists. Little knowledge exists about how to implement qualitative multi-country research collaborations involving previously untrained local data collectors. The aim of this paper was therefore to contribute to the knowledge regarding how to conduct these types of research projects by evaluating a pilot study of the project.

METHODS: Local data collectors conducted the study according to a developed protocol and evaluated the study with the responsible researcher-team from University of Copenhagen. The pilot study focused on 'local ownership', 'research quality' and 'feasibility' with regard to successful implementation and evaluation. The evaluation was achieved by interpreting 'Skype' and 'face to face' meetings and email correspondence by applying 'critical common sense'.

RESULTS: Local data collectors achieved a sense of joint ownership. Overall, the protocol worked well. Several minor challenges pertaining to research quality and feasibility were identified, in particular obtaining narratives when conducting interviews and recruiting patients for the study. Furthermore, local data collectors found it difficult to allocate sufficient time to the project. Solutions were discussed and added to the protocol.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the challenges, it was possible to achieve an acceptable scientific level of research when conducting qualitative multi-country research collaboration under the given circumstances. Specific recommendations to achieve this are provided by the authors.

Original language	English
Article number	20
Journal	Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Volume	9
Number of pages	10
ISSN	2052-3211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-016-0069-3
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2016

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Kaae, S., Sporrong, S. K., Traulsen, J. M., Wallach Kildemoes, H., Nørgaard, L. S., Jakupi, A., Raka, D., Gürpinar, E. U., Alkan, A., Hoxha, I., Malaj, A., & Cantarero Arevalo, L. (2016). Experiences from a pilot study on how to conduct a qualitative multi-country research project regarding use of antibiotics in Southeast Europe. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 9, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-016-0069-3

Experiences from a pilot study on how to conduct a qualitative multi-country research project regarding use of antibiotics in Southeast Europe. / Kaae, Susanne ; Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark ; Traulsen, Janine Morgall et al.
In: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, Vol. 9, 20, 23.05.2016.

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Kaae, S , Sporrong, SK , Traulsen, JM , Wallach Kildemoes, H , Nørgaard, LS, Jakupi, A, Raka, D, Gürpinar, EU, Alkan, A, Hoxha, I, Malaj, A & Cantarero Arevalo, L 2016, 'Experiences from a pilot study on how to conduct a qualitative multi-country research project regarding use of antibiotics in Southeast Europe', Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, vol. 9, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-016-0069-3

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