Qualitative approaches can strengthen generalization and application of clinical research.

- Key finding To make clinical research results more relevant for individual patients, using qualitative types of generalization can have important added value. - What this adds to what was known? Several generalization types are suggested that can be used to individualize study results, using insights and methods from the social sciences. - What is the implication and what should change now? If different types of generalization are combined, study results may become better applicable and therefore more relevant to individual patients.