2.7.2. Qualitative Data

The interviews of nurses, patients, and caregivers will be audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. The interviews will be independently analysed by three experienced qualitative researchers and compared. A thematic analysis according to Braun and Clarke will be applied [33]. The analysis of the interviews will be conducted using NVivo 10 software.

The analysis of the nursing documentation will take place after the qualitative phase (as the medical records of the patients involved in the qualitative phase were analysed). The extrapolation of the data from the medical records will be conducted by three people in the research group following the sections of the questionnaire (needs of the persons according to Cantarelli’s model).

To guarantee rigour in qualitative data analysis, the criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability by Guba and Lincoln [34], and fittingness by Carnevale [35] will be followed.