Developing a Data Note reporting guideline for qualitative health and social care research datasets (the DeNOTE study): A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data Note articles describe openly available research datasets. They detail how and why the data were created, with the aim of increasing research transparency and facilitating data reuse. However, existing guidelines and templates for Data Note articles have been designed for quantitative research datasets and are unsuitable for qualitative research datasets. As qualitative health and social care datasets have unique sensitivities, they must be treated and reported differently to quantitative datasets.

Aim

To describe the protocol for developing a novel reporting guideline for Data Note articles describing qualitative health and social care datasets (i.e. the DeNOTE reporting guideline).

Methods

The DeNOTE study includes (i) a rapid scoping exercise of exi

SUBMITTER: Long HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281645 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature