Postdischarge surveillance of surgical site infections: A multi-method approach to data collection

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 417-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Noy ◽  
Debra Creedy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

Surgical-Site Infections Following Cesarean Section in an Estonian University Hospital: Postdischarge Surveillance and analysis of Risk Factors

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piret Mitt ◽  
Katrin Lang ◽  
Aira Peri ◽  
Matti Maimets
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Fetal Monitoring ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

AbstractObjectives:To evaluate a multi-method approach to postdischarge surveillance of surgical-site infections (SSIs) and to identify infection rates and risk factors associated with SSI following cesarean section.Design:Cross-sectional survey.Setting:Academic tertiary-care obstetric and gynecology center with 54 beds.Patients:All women who delivered by cesarean section in Tartu University Women's Clinic during 2002.Methods:Infections were identified during hospital stay or by postdischarge survey using a combination of telephone calls, healthcare worker questionnaire, and outpatient medical records review. SSI was diagnosed according to the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.Results:The multi-method approach gave a follow-up rate of 94.8%. Of 305 patients, 19 (6.2%; 95% confidence interval [CI95)], 3.8-9.6) had SSIs. Forty-two percent of these SSIs were detected during postdischarge surveillance. We found three variables associated with increased risk for developing SSI: internal fetal monitoring (odds ratio [OR], 16.6; CI95, 2.2-125.8; P = .007), chorioamnionitis (OR, 8.8; CI95, 1.1-69.6; P = .04), and surgical wound classes III and IV (OR, 3.8; CI95, 1.2-11.8; P=.02).Conclusions:The high response rate validated the effectiveness of this kind of surveillance method and was most suitable in current circumstances. A challenge exists to decrease the frequency of internal fetal monitoring and to treat chorioamnionitis as soon as possible (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005;26:449-454).

Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Education and COVID-19: What Have We Learned?

2021 ◽  
pp. 105382592110507
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Leonard ◽  
Alan W. Ewert ◽  
Kodiak Lieberman-Raridon ◽  
Denise Mitten ◽  
Erik Rabinowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Experiential Education ◽  
Outdoor Adventure ◽  
Phase Study ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
The World ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Different Levels

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) now known as COVID-19 changed the world and the outdoor adventure and experiential education (OAEE) fields were not immune. These changes significantly impacted various OAEE programs in multiple ways and at different levels of intensity. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the OAEE fields and identify how OAEE organizations have responded to those impacts. Methodology/Approach: Using a three-phase study and a multi-method approach to data collection and analyses, respondents from 115 OAEE organizations (N=115) were asked to indicate how and in what ways their organizations have been impacted by the pandemic and in what ways their organizations have responded to those challenges. Findings/Conclusions: Many organizations responded not being ready for the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant impacts were noted from most of the OAEE organizations responding and included closings, staff reductions, and downsizing as well as operational changes. Many organizations reported ways they are attempting to mitigate the pandemic effects. Implications: Important questions were raised in this paper as to how well prepared the OAEE fields might be for the next crisis.

scholarly journals Multi-method experience sampling in information behaviour research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Cole ◽  
Kelsey Urgo
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Data Tracking ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Over Time

Capturing information behaviours and attitudes that occur in natural settings is a challenge. Observational methods are often intrusive or retrospective proxies, which may change behaviour or misrepresent attitudes. Technology enables novel approaches to in-situ quantitative data collection but rarely explores qualitative reflections; informing researchers on what happened, but not necessarily why. Recent work uses multi-method approaches that combine quantitative data, tracking experiences, feelings, and behaviours over time, with qualitative data to gain deeper insights into subjective experiences. This paper introduces information and library scientists to a multi-method approach to the data collection of subjective experiences over time.

Greek women’s stories about intimate relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-212
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Saloustrou
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
Women's Stories ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Related Identity ◽  
Method Approach

Abstract While sociolinguistic studies of politeness and identities present many disciplinary parallels, their paths have seldom intersected (Garcés-Conejos Blitvich & Sifianou, 2017, p. 227). It is within this context that this paper uses “small stories” research (Bamberg, 2006; Georgakopoulou, 2006, 2007) and identities analysis to study politeness-in-interaction (Georgakopoulou, 2013b). It particularly looks at a group of young Greek women, and focuses on their “small stories” about the tellers’ and others’ management of politeness norms in intimate relationships. A multi-method approach to data collection is used that involves both naturally-occurring narratives-in-interactions in self-recordings, and reflexive tellings in playback interviews. Drawing on Georgakopoulou’s (2007) triptych of “ways of telling-sites-tellers”, and on Bamberg’s (1997) model of positioning, the analysis illustrates the significance of politeness-related identity claims for signaling lay norms of politeness ratified by the local group of friends. It also shows how politeness construction is intertwined with the interactional fabrication of identities.

Milestones, challenges and prospects in the implementation of the Language Provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-178
Author(s):  
Eventhough Ndlovu
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Language Management ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

This article examines the progress made so far in the implementation of the language provisions of the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act. It is almost seven years since the 2013 Constitution became law. Given this timeframe, this study evaluates the milestones, challenges and prospects in the implementation of Sections 6, 7, 22, 56, 63, 70 and 249 of the 2013 Constitution. The study employs a multi-method approach to data collection and uses Critical Discourse Analysis and the Language Management Approach as its theoretical frameworks to account for the non-implementation dilemmas bedeviling these provisions. The findings of this study show that despite the provisions for functional multilingualism and multilingual service provision enshrined in the said Sections, limited success has been achieved in as far as their implementation is concerned. The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level still give prominence to English, Shona and Ndebele.

Pluralisme méthodologique et stratégies multi-méthodes en gérontologie

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (S1) ◽  
pp. 52-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lefrançois
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Methodological Pluralism ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Integration Methods ◽  
Investigation Methods ◽  
Composite Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

ABSTRACTThe debate regarding paradigms and investigation methods is at least partially responsible for the fragmentation of gerontologocial knowledge. First, the article presents arguments in favour of methodological pluralism as a research designed to facilitate the integration of knowledge and innovation. The main goal of methodological pluralism is to reconcile different approaches by combining a number of observation and data-collection scenarios within the same study. After presenting the arguments in favour of methodological pluralism and identifying the integration methods that can be applied to study results already obtained, the author proposes a taxonomy of multiple research strategies that may be utilized in the same study. He specifically discusses: pseudo-triangulation, parallel and sequential triangulation, composite methods, mixed methods and the multi-method approach.

GEOPHYSICS TO CADAVER DOGS: MULTI-METHOD APPROACH TO SURVEYING HISTORICAL CEMETERIES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Martin ◽  
◽  
Blair R. Tormey ◽  
John M. Sullivan ◽  
Craig A Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Cadaver Dogs ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

scholarly journals Emergency Manager Perceptions of the Effectiveness and Limitations of Mass Notification Systems: A Mixed Method Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
William V. Pelfrey
Keyword(s):  
Text Messaging ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Notification System ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Emergency Manager ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
Manager Perceptions ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

AbstractDisasters can move quickly. Effective communication is a critical resource that can significantly enhance public safety. A mass notification system (MNS) uses text messaging to inform constituents of crisis, provide recommendations, connect to resources, and has the advantage of speed. Limited research has been conducted on the variables that influence the effectiveness, utilization, and perceptions of MNS. The extant study employs a multi-method approach to advance the scholarly knowledge on MNS. All emergency managers in a state were surveyed on issues of MNS enrollment, utilization, and brand. A subgroup of emergency managers were then interviewed to provide depth to the survey findings. Key findings indicate wide variability in MNS usage, little relationship between population size and enrollment, and a high perceived importance of MNS as a communication modality. Policy implications and recommendations are offered.

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