A cross-sectional study was conducted using mixed data collection method (quantitative study supplemented by qualitative method).
Four of the 6 overall included studies provided mixed data regarding the outcome of clinical treatment success.
Mixed data were shown in previous studies on effects of longer periods without exercising after muscle strength or muscle power training.
The mixed data collection in the contemporary study may be seen as a strength.
However, there are mixed data regarding betatrophin level in T2DM studies.
A substantial proportion of the qualitative studies (11%) included both qualitative and quantitative (mixed) data.
The small number of primary data studies were based on an almost even number of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods.
Seventeen mixed method studies implemented data collection procedures sequentially (68%), six implemented them concurrently (24%), and two combined both sequential and concurrent procedures (8%).
Here it was helpful to consider how existing models of (i) integrating data in mixed methods studies, and (ii) approaches to cross-national comparison within social science, might inform our approach.
This mixed methods data linkage study of approximately 1000 chronic PPH admissions will combine a wide range of study-specific and routinely collected data to enable exploration of the factors contributing to chronic PPH admissions.
