Dissertation Ethical Approval Form Report

Dissertation Ethical Approval Form
The purpose of this form is to ensure that the investigation you are
commencing is appropriate in terms of scope and ethics. Before
submitting please ensure that you have read University Ethics Policy and
the Guidelines for Completing the Student Research Proposal Form.
Under no circumstances should the recruitment of participants
begin until written approval (usually by email) is received from
the Ethics Panel. Failure to obtain ethical approval will result in
you being unable to submit your work.
By submitting this form you are confirming that
(a) You have read University’s Policy on Ethics
(b)You have read the Guidelines for Completing the Student Research
Proposal Form
(c) You have completed this form fully and appropriately
(d)You have the necessary skills and competencies to carry out the
investigation
(e) You have the necessary consent from any relevant organisation or
agency (e.g., their employer) to carry out this investigation
Your name on this form and subsequent submission will be regarded as
your electronic signature.
If your investigation involves the use of human participants, you MUST
append at the end of this file:
(a) Participant Information Sheet and Consent Form
(b)Any materials used (see later section)
(c) Debrief Sheet
Where no external contract exists, University asserts ownership of primary
data generated in the course of research undertaken by researchers in its
employment and by registered students.Where research is carried out
under a grant or contract, the terms of the agreement will determine
ownership and rights to exploit the data.
1. Student’s Details
Full Name

(family name last)
Student Number
Email address
Contact address
Telephone number
2. Programme Details
Level of Study 6 / 7
Programme
Module Name and Code
Supervisor Name
Supervisor Email Address
3. Proposed Research
Project Working Title A Study on Prevalence of Diabetes among
the Sikh Community People in UK under the
age group of 18-30 year and possible
intervention for the condition
Project Summary (maximum: 250 words)
As per the data of the UK government, it is stated that almost 3.8 million of people in UK
are suffering from the problem of diabetes type 2 in the country and it is enhancing day by
day as well. As per the new model named Diabetes Prevalence Model produced by the
Public Health England (PHE) and National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network (NCVIN),
it is reported that among the total cases of diabetes type 2, almost 90 per cent cases are
diabetes type 2 and rest of the cases are diabetes type 1 mellitus. The data of the UK
government also suggested that every year almost 10 billion Euro is spent for the treatment
purpose of the diabetes patients of the country. Most of the available data are based on the
higher age group people and no such prominent data are available for the age group of 18
to 30 year. Moreover age specific data for the Sikh Community people of UK is also
required as no such data is available. The main aim of the study is to find the prevalence of
diabetes type 2 among the Sikh Community people residing in UK and to suggest most
suitable intervention to reduce the rate of diabetes type 2 among them. As per this new
model. It is reported that one out of 4 people in the country is suffering from the problem
of diabetes and most of them are unaware about their condition as well. Another data of the
government shows that the cases of diabetes are more common among the Asian
population of UK.

Research Method (maximum: 500 words)
In this study, an inductive research approach will be followed along with the application of
the grounded theory in the present study. In this study, a qualitative study will be used by
the researchers in order to examine the prevalence of diabetes type 2 among the Sikh
community people of UK. Moreover, in order to identify the most suitable method for
reducing the diabetes type 2 a secondary qualitative study that is systematic literature
review will be performed. For collecting the data from the sample population, a convenient
sampling technique will be used by the researchers. As the study aims to find the
prevalence of diabetes type 2 among the Sikh Community, so the application of convenient
sampling will be most effective. Convenient sampling will be a good choice as in this
method only those people are recruited as sample population who are easy to reach or
contact. Moreover, it takes less time to carry out the sampling process than that of the other
sampling method and the researchers can easily determine the sample size of the study. In
order to collect the data from the participants, a self-structured questionnaire comprised of
open ended questions will be used by the researchers and the reliability of the questionnaire
will be tested by using the Chronbach alpha test. After collecting the data from the
participants, the data will be analysed by using SPSS software. The researchers will
conduct semi-structured interviews with the study participants that are the Sikh
Community people under the age group of 18- 30 years. Each of the interview sessions will
last for 10- 15 minutes and all of the interview sessions will be recorded by using recorder
and all of these will be used for future. The main advantage of this system is the fact that
this electronic format of the interview sessions can be stored for a long period of time. The
data from the participants will also be collected manually along with the audio format in
order to skip the process of transcription of the audio recorded interviews. However, for
being sure about information collected during the interview process, all the audio files are
transcribed in a Microsoft word format. In case of those interviews which are not in
English, the interviews are translated into English and then analysed for the final data
interpretation. As the data collection method will run for two months, hence it is very
crucial to back up the data regularly. In this context, it can be stated that all the data will be
backed up regularly in the personal document cloud of the researchers. Moreover, the
researchers will regularly email the data to each other so that they can recover the data
from their mail as well in case of losing of data. The researchers will ensure that the
information or data collected for this study will only be used for this research and those
data will not be used in any other purpose. For ethical considerations, all the information
collected during the study will be stored in the researcher’s computer along with proper
protection so that any other person apart from the researchers can access those data.
Research Outcomes (maximum: 250 words)