Limitations
Several limitations influenced this integration of qualitative studies. First, few researchers investigated decision making for critically il neonates from the parents' perspective. of the ten studies that fit our selection criteria, only half described the participants' race and ethnicity, and most of those studies had predominantly white / Caucasian participants. The studies included very sparse details on the methods used, making it difficult to evaluate the study design and findings.
Additionally, a limitation of qualitative synthesis is that it may be difficult to synthesize results from methodologically different studies and it may be difficult to know if some content relevant to the synthesis was omitted because it was not the primary focus of the original study. (Thorne, 2009). In this synthesis, some studies did not have parent deci sion making as their primary focus, and therefore may not have discussed more detailed informa tion about decision making in their findings. Finally, while the majority of the studies had a retrospective component, only 5 of the 10 studies included a prospective component, increasing the risk of recall bias. Despite these limitations, this study is unique as the focus was to integrate the existing qualitative study findings on parent decision making for critically ill neonates.
Limitations Several limitations influenced this integration of qualitative studies. First, few researchers investigated decision making for critically il neonates from the parents' perspective. of the ten studies that fit our selection criteria, only half described the participants' race and ethnicity, and most of those studies had predominantly white / Caucasian participants. The studies included very sparse details on the methods used, making it difficult to evaluate the study design and findings. Additionally, a limitation of qualitative synthesis is that it may be difficult to synthesize results from methodologically different studies and it may be difficult to know if some content relevant to the synthesis was omitted because it was not the primary focus of the original study. (Thorne, 2009). In this synthesis, some studies did not have parent deci sion making as their primary focus, and therefore may not have discussed more detailed informa tion about decision making in their findings. Finally, while the majority of the studies had a retrospective component, only 5 of the 10 studies included a prospective component, increasing the risk of recall bias. Despite these limitations, this study is unique as the focus was to integrate the existing qualitative study findings on parent decision making for critically ill neonates.
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