Methodological challenges when doing research that includes ethnic minorities: a scoping
review
Engelsk titel: Methodological challenges when doing research that includes ethnic minorities: a scoping review
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Författare:
Morville, Anne-Le
;
Erlandsson, Lena-Karin
Email: almo@phmetropol.dk
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 56
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 16105423
Sammanfattning
Background: There are challenging methodological issues in obtaining valid and reliable results
on which to base occupational therapy interventions for ethnic minorities. The aim of this scoping
review is to describe the methodological problems within occupational therapy research,
when ethnic minorities are included.
Method: A thorough literature search yielded 21 articles obtained from the scientific databases
PubMed, Cinahl, Web of Science and PsychInfo. Analysis followed Arksey and O’Malley’s framework
for scoping reviews, applying content analysis.
Results: The results showed methodological issues concerning the entire research process from
defining and recruiting samples, the conceptual understanding, lack of appropriate instruments,
data collection using interpreters to analyzing data.
Conclusion: In order to avoid excluding the ethnic minorities from adequate occupational therapy
research and interventions, development of methods for the entire research process is
needed. It is a costly and time-consuming process, but the results will be valid and reliable, and
therefore more applicable in clinical practice.