An analysis of articles on qualitative studies 357 conducted by doctors published in scientific journals in Brazil between 2004 and 2013

| 1 Stella Regina Taquette, 2 Maria Cecília Minayo |

1 Faculdade de Ciências Abstract: We analyzed articles on studies Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio carried out by doctors using qualitative methods. de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil (stella. A literature search of articles published on the [email protected]) SciELO Brazil database between 2004 and 2013 was 2 Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo performed using the following keywords: qualitative Cruz. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil ([email protected]). research, interview, focus group, participant observation, content analysis, discourse analysis, social representation, and dialectical hermeneutics. The texts were analyzed using a theoretical framework based on the qualitative research review guidelines (RATS). Articles were grouped into the following categories: consistent, not very consistent, and inconsistent. A total of 135 articles were selected from 28 journals. The majority (64.4%) were considered consistent. The main weaknesses found were: lack of information on methodological path; superficial and descriptive analysis without reference to relevant literature; conclusions that did not advance beyond common sense; decontextualized results, and lack of study limitations. We concluded that the majority of the articles had scientific validity and suggest that journals covering the health field should provide specific norms for articles produced from qualitative studies.

 Keywords: qualitative research; scientific knowledge; Recebido em: 21/07/2015 ; peer review Aprovado em: 15/12/2015

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