title: [Q-sort, a useful research method in care in cases of psychiatric nursing of the aged].
abstract: Q-sort is a research method which allows defining profiles of attitudes toward a set of statements, ordered in relation to each other. Pertaining to the Q Methodology, the qualitative analysis of the Q-sorts is based on quantitative techniques. This method is of particular interest for research in health professions, a field in which attitudes of patients and professionals are very important. The method is presented in this article, along with an example of application in nursing in old age psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Service universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Age Avancé, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuhne
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abernot
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Camus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing