Research Methods and Critical Appraisal

Research Methods and Critical
Appraisal

Table of Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................4
CRITICAL APPRAISAL................................................................................................................7
DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

TOPIC
“Is the Cetirizine Hydrochloride more effective than Non-pharmaceutical (Acupuncture)
treatment to reduce (or prevent) hay fever allergy in children in the UK?”
INTRODUCTION
Hay fever refers to a condition caused by an allergy that develops several symptoms like watery,
itchy eyes, sneezing and other similar signs. It includes common condition for allergic rhinitis
take places seasonally or year round. However, it has been analysed that hay fever take place in
response to an allergic reaction among children which should be treated immediately. It consist
the medical condition that can evaluated with the hep to examining several symptoms such as
runny nose, itchy eyes, congestion, sneezing and sinus pressure (Powell-Dunford and et. al.,
2018). It includes the cause of seasonal factors like tree pollen, grass pollen, dust mites,
cockroaches and spores. Basically, it is observed that hay fever is caused due to allergic response
due to outdoor or indoor allergens like pollen, dust times or tiny flecks of silk & saliva shed by
dogs, cats or other animals with fur or features. It is necessary for parents to immediately consult
with doctor for wellbeing of their child because delayed care may leads to complicated
conditions accordingly.
In context of this project, it is based on the use of cetirizine hydrochloride as compared to non-
pharmacological (acupuncture) treatment in order to reduce hay fever allergy among children. It
includes the study of effectiveness of given medication in terms of treating the health issue of
hay fever among children along with analysing potential of non-pharmacological intervention.
Meanwhile, the appropriate treatment for hay fever allergy among select two alternative
procedures will be studied for welfare of children in UK. The critical appraisal of selected
articles and use of desired research methods are given below.
BACKGROUND
The hay fever can be described as a condition which is known to be an allergic reaction that
occurs in children due to several factors. It can be considered as allergic rhinitis or nasal allergies
due to certain reasons like seasonal factors, perennial elements or occupation problems
(Redmond, Wada and Hauswirth, 2016). Meanwhile, it includes the condition of rhinitis which
refers to irritation or inflammation of the nose. It involves number of symptoms such as nasal
congestion, sneezing, watery, red or itchy eyes, coughing, itchy throat, postnasal drip, itchy nose,
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sinus pressure & pain and itchy skin and runny nose. It has been analysed that cetirizine
hydrochloride is used to treat the problem of hay fever between kids in order to treat their
allergic symptom. Basically, it consist the utilisation of this medication in terms of reliving
allergy symptoms because it is a kind of antihistamine respectively. It involves the fact that
cetirizine hydrochloride is always used for treating the itching as well as swelling caused by
hives. However, it has been analysed that cetirizine is required to be used very carefully only on
prescription of registered physician along with taking several precautions to avoid its side
effects. It is necessary for to consider advice of doctor ad follow their instructions in accurate
manner to gain its benefits as well as ignoring related side effects respectively. Moreover, it is
observed that sleepiness is mostly evaluated in context of such medications the most important
thing is that parents should immediately consult again with doctor if their child do not have any
kind of improvement of their condition by taking cetirizine hydrochloride.
On the other hand, cetirizine hydrochloride has number of side effects on body such as
drowsiness, fatigue, tired feeling, dizziness, dry mouth, sore throat, cough, nausea, constipation
and headache. In case of children, stomach pain and vomiting is mostly observed as side effects
in them (BochenskaMarciniak, Kupczyk and Gorski, 2020). It has been analysed that effective
use of medication includes less or no side effects of human body. But the selected medicine of
cetirizine hydrochloride is beneficial to treat the problem of hay fever but it has side effects on
human body.
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