NHS Case Study: Investigating Anaemia Causes and Treatment for Elderly

This report delves into the causes of anaemia in elderly individuals, focusing on a case study within the NHS. The research utilizes a qualitative approach with a descriptive research design, employing both primary (questionnaires) and secondary data collection methods. The report identifies various types of anaemia, including iron deficiency and aplastic anaemia, and analyzes factors contributing to complications in older people. Key findings highlight the prevalence of iron deficiency and aplastic anaemia as significant concerns. The report provides recommendations for regular monitoring of symptoms to facilitate early detection and treatment. The study also explores research methodologies, including research type, approach, design, and philosophy, along with data collection and interpretation techniques. The conclusion summarizes the research process, emphasizing the gained knowledge of research methods and data analysis. References to books and journals used are also included, offering a comprehensive understanding of the topic. The student has successfully identified the causes of anaemia in old people and has suggested ways to combat the same.

The Cause of
Anaemia in old
people

INTRODUCTION
 Anaemia is a condition in which healthy blood cells in human body are unable
to take or carry adequate oxygen to body tissues.
 It is the condition in which people may feel tired and week
 The presentation will try to highlight some factors which is linked with
complications in elderly people.
 And after successful completion of research some recommendation will also be
given.
 In order to conduct a research a proper research methodology will be used so
that the desired outcomes can be obtained.

Chapter 1: Research proposal and
Literature Review
Aim: “ To identify the causes of Anaemia in an old people : A case study on NHS”
Objectives:
To identify the deep understanding of Anaemia in old age people.
To analyse the factors which is linked to sever complications in elderly people
To recommend some medications which can help in treatment of Anaemia.

Research Methodologies
 Research type: The qualitative research will help in gaining information about people
attitude, thinking and motivation. The research questions which will be used will help in
gaining deeper understanding of the topic.
 Research approach: Deductive research is a type of approach which in which
hypothesis is used which is based on existing theory and then designing is done in order
to test hypothesis .
 Research design: The research design which will be used in this project is descriptive
research design. Descriptive research design can be defined as describing nature of
demographic segment which focuses on why certain phenomenon occurs. The researcher
is interested in describing situation or case in study.

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 Research philosophy: Interpretivism shows the human interest in study. It will include
a small samples and it will investigate qualitative data.
 Data collection:For collecting data for the research completion both primary as well as
secondary data collection method will be used. For the purpose of collecting secondary
data various published books, journals as well as online portals will be used.
 While for collecting primary data, questionnaire will be used .As this primary data
collection method aims at deep understanding of the existing situation as well as
person's belief and opinions about the topic.

Data Interpretation
Theme 1: Iron Anaemia deficiency is Common disease suffering from
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Iron deficiency Anaemia
Vitamin deficiency Anaemia
Anaemia of inflammation
Aplastic Anaemia

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Theme 3: Most of the respondents state that iron deficiency anaemia and Alpastic
anaemia are the most dangerous type of the anaemia for older person
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Recommendation And Justification
 After going through above report it has been recommend that old people should care
about the symptoms which has been seen by them by measuring the symptoms of the
anaemia on the regular basis.
 It will help the people in avoiding the anaemia at the primary stage itself as some of the
causes like iron deficiency anaemia and Alpastic anaemia are the dangerous for the
health of the respondents.

CONCLUSION
 The research has however helped me in understanding the process which should be used
in order to conduct a research.
 The project has also helped me to gain knowledge on various type of research methods
which can be used to conduct a research.
 The project has helped me to analyse different types of data collection method for
conducting the research.
 The questionnaire which has been used has helped in analysing various factors behind
anaemia such as dizziness, leg cramp, easy fatigue etc

REFERENCES
 Books and Journals
 Clevenger, B. and Richards, T., 2015. Pre‐operative anaemia. Anaesthesia. 70.
pp.20-e8.
 Guest, J.F. and et.al., 2015. Health economic burden that wounds impose on the
National Health Service in the UK. BMJ open, 5(12). p.e009283.
 Kumar, R., 2019. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage
Publications Limited.
 Lopez, A. and et.al., 2016. Iron deficiency anaemia. The Lancet, 387(10021).
pp.907-916.
 Ness, L.R., 2015. Are we there yet? Data saturation in qualitative research.

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