Introduction to Health Science : Assignment
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Running head: HEALTH SCIENCE AND RESEARCHIntroduction to Health Science and ResearchNameInstitutionDateResponse to Qualitative Study
HEALTH SCIENCE AND RESEARCH2In the first research a qualitative study has been conducted on making decisions forindividuals who have dimentia and lack capacity. Their objectives included identifying thecommon major decisions that care providers had to produce information regarding ways toovercome barriers. The aim of the sampling was to enhance the validity of the findings byensuring that the study includes carers from a variety of sociodemographic backgrounds as wellas achieved maximum variation. The study is conducted in a community setting in Londonwhereby a total of 43 family carers were involved as the participants regarded as individualswith dementia in focus groups (Clauw, 2014). Apart from that, 46 carers, who had already madesuch decisions were also interviewed. The study above being a qualitative study allows the author of the current study toconduct a critical analysis of the study as per the study tools. Besides, the study has properlylisted objectives which are to identify common and difficult decisions carried by the familycarers regarding persons with dementia. The study by Livingston et al. (2010) already proves tobe a changer in the management of various dementias whereby we have no idea as to why itoccurs and how to best manage such patients who are not able to give their consent onsomething. The study will facilitate the care providers to overcome barriers to decisions whichwill allow them to overcome these challenges that impact on the implementation of dementiahealthcare. Validity of studyThere is a clarity in the aims of this paper which forms an essential basis of qualitativeresearch ad recommended to the critical appraisal skills programme. The author of the currentstudy considered what the goal of the study was, the importance as well as its relevance to thestudy. Additionally, the author of the current study believes in a qualitative research
HEALTH SCIENCE AND RESEARCH3methodology and it's capacity to give proper results in a study. The author of the current studyconsidered how the author sought ought to interpret the data obtained. This would allowillumination of the actions as well as subjective experiences of research participants.A qualitative methodology when composed appropriately with the right methodology foraddressing the research goal is an effective tool for research. In the first phase, there is thepresence of focus groups whereby participants were allocated time to allow them to focus ongroups and the basis of shared experience. This was one of the ways the study ensureshomogeneity in the study membership. The study remained relevant to its objectives as it set outhaving participants that would help it achieve its targets. The various groups were divided intopeople caring for parents which were made up of individuals living in care homes (8), spouses(14), individuals with young-onset dementias (6), and individuals in primary care settings (10)(Livingston et al., 2010). To control the discussions during data collection, a topic guide was deployed to allowone to understand the experiences, attitudes, feelings, and beliefs of the carers of the dementedpatients. In the second phase, the study also conducted individual interviews whereby theyreviewed focus groups to ensure that the subject under study was well covered in the course ofthe data collection phase. The authors had then discussed the personal accounts of the partcipantswhen making decisions in the five areas. These five areas were identified by using semi-structured schedules, as the most common and problematic areas in individual interviews. Theschedules of interview had covered barriers, facilitators andd choices in reigious, cultural andspiritual beliefs aong with their decision makin practices. Carers all gave informed consent to the study along with anonymous quotations andrecordings. Their transcript was read and approved and the materials were provided. We ensured
HEALTH SCIENCE AND RESEARCH4that none of the sample can be identified since non-specific demographic information wasprovided. In both individual interview stage and focus groups, the interviews as well as theanalysis were parts of an process. The study team agreed to perform a preliminary coding frameby conducting initial interviews along with a broadly thematic content analytic approach.Thedata obtained fromfocus groups was analyzed and all the views on the current and requiredprovision of information was assessed. The analysis commenced after completing the first twofocus groups. We also implemented the early stage analysis during the analysis of the individualinterviews. Design Qualitative study to delineate decision areasPotkins et al. (2000) report that a carer is described as an adult family member or friendproviding support for the demented persons. According to Wald et al. (2003), carers who havetaken dicisions while supervising an heathcare user who was suffeing from dimentia were chosenas samples. The study authors also explain why they covered the range of experiences, whichallowed the research to select a purposive sample for people with diverse socioeconomiccharacteristics ranging from sex, age, level of education, religion, and ethnicity.During the individual interviews, the participants were drawn from various healthcaresettings around the city London. These comprised four general practices, three memory clinics inmental health services and five communitity clinics and a specialist neurology dementia clinicfor individuals with a typical dementia. The research design selected by the authors proves to beeffective in handling the aims and objectives. In this case, the research design gave a betterchance in a generation of data and analysis to test the hypothesis as well as answer the researchquestions.
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