title: Linking theory with qualitative research through study of stroke caregiving families.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This theoretical article outlines the deliberate process of applying a qualitative data analysis method rooted in Friedemann's Framework of Systemic Organization through the study of a web-based education and support intervention for stroke caregiving families.
  
  
  METHODS
  Directed by Friedemann's framework, the analytic method involved developing, refining, and using a coding rubric to explore interactive patterns between caregivers and care recipients from this 3-month feasibility study using this education and support intervention. Specifically, data were gathered from the intervention's web-based discussion component between caregivers and the nurse specialist, as well as from telephone caregiver interviews.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A theoretical framework guided the process of developing and refining this coding rubric for the purpose of organizing data; but, more importantly, guided the investigators' thought processes, allowing them to extract rich information from the data set, as well as synthesize this information to generate a broad understanding of the caring situation.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Teresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cervantez Thompson
authors.forename: Marie-Luise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Friedemann
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation
keywords: Stroke; Theory Research Qualitative