Llanusa RSB, Rojo PN, Sarduy DY, Urra GPA

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 324-339
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the primary health care, which is Cuban health system's strategy, comprises interventions that bring scientific and technical information closer to its professionals and technicians. This paper delves into a study on the use of this information by primary health care physicians in Havana from 2008 to 2012 and explains the algorithm adopted in the analysis and summary of information collected with qualitative techniques through open-question instruments.
Objective: to describe the procedure for the processing of responses to open questions included in instruments of this study and the effect of this processing in the study.
Methods: the steps were identified to collect necessary information for the processing of primary qualitative data and the informatic applications used in this processing. The cycle that starts with the collected qualitative information and finishes with their comparison with the study variables as a tool to verify consistency was explained.
Results: the procedure used for processing of qualitative information together with the informatics tools in each step to facilitate the work was fully explained. The results of the processing of this information had an impact on the course of research, since they evidenced the need of reviewing the treatment of the studied dimensions and suggested that it was convenient to make some changes in the structure and contents of the variables, mainly in those related to information and training services.
Conclusions: this paper documented the way of constructing the qualitative datum supported on informatics tools, explained the functionalities of these systems that may be found in different software environments. The contributions of the results to this processing in the research were explained as a whole, where the importance of including open questions in the instruments and the value of the exhaustive consideration of responses were all confirmed.

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