The current study provides further substantiation to the mounting pool of data that serum S100β may be used as an early biomarker of acute neural tissue injury in the postoperative setting.
These sources were used to seek substantiation of findings between the data types, fill in gaps or clarify details from interviews, and review information about organizational context [ 56].
Mixed methods can strengthen evidence through confirmation and substantiation of findings while the different data collection methods can neutralise each others' biases or weaknesses [ 27].
Medical records serve as an organizing structure for clinical decision making, a tool for communication to other providers, substantiation for billing, data for research and quality measurement and protection in the event of legal process.
EFR then searched for relationships between these interpretations and further substantiation within the data.
Today, we have vast amounts of data at our disposal -- useful when looking for substantiation, but a bit flat-footed unless one knows how to draw subtle insights from it.
"There was no substantiation of any of the information she indicated," he said.
The further substantiation of the tracked six-degree-of-freedom data by redundant tracking methods can be a feasible solution.
The main strategies to ensure credibility were to draw upon multiple types and sources of data, establish trusting investigator-participant relationships, maintain a master coding list, use multiple data coders, debrief about analysis amongst the research team members, and seek substantiation of findings from some participants.
Indeed, in this study the triangulation of multiple sources of data (types of participants, four types of mental health problems); research tools (three interview guides, three sociodemographics questionnaires); one region with a large dense population (Montreal), together ensure a large quantity of content, the rigour of the process and provide strong substantiation of its constructs.
This will consequently contribute to better substantiation of health claims.
