BMC Health Serv Res 2022 (Nov 3); 22 (1): 1313

Figure 1.

Study diagram of an explanatory sequential design of a mixed methods study on the association of chiropractic integration with opioid use for chronic non-cancer spinal pain at the Langs Community Health Centre. The quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis phases are listed at the top of each step of the diagram. The two points of interface (or mixing) of the quantitative and qualitative phases occur in the third and final steps. The term “QUANTITATIVE” is capitalized to indicate prioritization of the quantitative phase in the study. The study procedures and outputs for each phase are listed in point-form at each step