Qualitative Study Design Methodology Reports

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METHODOLOGY
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Methodology
Study Type
In this particular study the researchers will use a qualitative study design in order to
answer the formulated research questions. The main reason of choosing this study design for
this study is associated with the type of the research question. Both of the research questions
can be answered by using a qualitative study design (McCusker & Gunaydin 2015).
According to the study of Mayer (2015), it is reported that the use of qualitative research
design will help the researchers to understand the actual conditions of mental health condition
of Cuba. Moreover, this qualitative study will also help the researchers to understand the
barriers of the mental health services in the country.
Sampling Technique
In order to select the study participants, it can be stated that the researchers will select
the family members of the mental health patients and the health care professionals of the
mental care centres of Cuba. The main reason for selecting this population as the subject is
the fact they are directly associated with the care processes of the mental health patients. The
researchers will follow a purposive sampling technique to execute the present study. The
purposive sampling technique will help the researchers to answer the research question
properly. The main advantage of this sampling technique is that the researchers can only
select those population who are perfectly fit for the study and so the result of the study can be
generalized for the mental health care professionals of the country (Etikan, Musa &
Alkassim, 2016). In this study approximately 24 participants will be selected as sample
population and half of them will be mental health patients’ family members and half of them
will be mental health care professionals.

METHODOLOGY
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Data Collection Process
For collecting the data from the participants an interview method will be used by the
researchers. For conducting the interviews among the study participants the researchers will
form a structured interview questions that comprised of 10- 13 open ended questions. The
main advantage of using an open ended question is that the participants can share their views
regarding the condition of a particular situation and thus the researchers can interpret the
result from the interviews. All of the interviews will be recorded by using audio recorders for
the future references and along with this manual data of the interview sessions will also be
collected by the researchers. Each of the interview sessions will last approximately for 5-10
minutes. The main advantage of using a recording method during the interview is the fact
that a recorded interview cannot be tampered and if there is any discrepancy in the manually
collected data, the authors can recheck it from the recorded interview as well. Along with
this, being a digital method, the storing of the interview data is easier than that of the
conventional method.
Limitation of the Study
While discussing about the study limitations, it can be stated that the small size of the
research can be marked as one of the limitations of the study. Moreover, during the interview
sessions, it may possible that the mental health care professionals can hide the original
conditions of the mental health disorders of the country. Moreover, it is also possible that the
researchers may face the issue of bias from the family members of the mental health patients
as they can raise their personal concern and it may affect the actual study result. According to
the study of Alshenqeeti (2014), it is reported that the problem related to the language of the
participants can be major limitations as the researchers decided to conduct the interview in
English. Therefore, it can be stated that conduction of the interview in English can cause