Article Analysis and Evaluation of Research Ethics: Summary Report

This report presents an analysis of an article focusing on frequent attenders in primary health care, examining the research's ethical considerations. The article, by Elo and Kääriäinen, explores the problem statement, which addresses the challenges of rising chronic diseases, health inequalities, and economic instability. The study aims to define the concept of frequent attenders and investigates research questions related to their classification, antecedents, and attributes. The methodology includes content analysis of literature, with data drawn from databases such as MEDLINE and Scopus. Key ethical considerations include ensuring no harm to participants and maintaining data privacy. The analysis also identifies limitations, such as the amount of data available. The report evaluates these ethical aspects, including the sampling method, data collection, analysis, and publication of results, providing rationale and support for the evaluation to assess the integrity and trustworthiness of the research.

Article Analysis and Evaluation of Research Ethics
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Article 1
Elo, S., & Kääriäinen, M. (2018). Frequent Attenders in Primary Health Care: A
Concept Analysis.
Point Description
Broad Topic Area/Title Frequent Attenders in Primary Health Care: A Concept
Analysis
Problem Statement
(What is the problem research
is addressing?)
The problem statement that is aimed to be addressed deals with challenges in health
services that are related to rising number of chronic diseases, increasing health
inequalities as well as global economic unsteadiness
Purpose Statement
(What is the purpose of the
study?)
The purpose of this research is to identify the idea of the recurrent attender in primary
health care. In the primary healthcare systems, frequent attender is regarded as a
renowned phenomenon
Research Questions
(What questions does the
research seek to answer?)
How is a frequent attender classified in the literature?
What are the antecedents, results as well as attributes identified in the literature?
Define Hypothesis
(Or state the correct hypothesis
based upon variables used)
A hypothesis is defined as a supposed description that is created based on restricted
evidence as a starting mode to initiate further exploration
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Identify Dependent and
Independent Variables and
Type of Data for the
Variables
The independent as well as dependent variables includes recurrent attenders involving
the subpopulation
Population of Interest for
Study
The population of interest for the study includes elderly population
Sample The sample included the population that included all frequent attenders. But it did not
involve frequent attenders from the subpopulation
Sampling Method The sampling methods that has been used is stratified sampling under which the
population are divided into subgroups sharing similar aspects
Identify Data Collection
Identify how data were
collected
The literature data were combined and were partly examined based on the research
questions by making use of the content analysis
Summarize Data Collection
Approach
Data that has been gathered has been relevant to recurrent attenders that has been
characterized into results, attributes as well as antecedents
Discuss Data Analysis
Include what types of
statistical tests were used for
the variables.
It has used electronic database such as MEDLINE, Scopus as well as CINAHI
Summarize Results of Study It includes a concept analysis
Summary of Assumptions
and Limitations
Identify the assumptions and
limitations from the article.
The several amount of data acted as the major limitations
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Report other potential
assumptions and limitations of
your review not listed by the
author.
Ethical Considerations
The ethical considerations include the fact that participants should not be subjected to any type of harm. The research data should be
maintained under high privacy level.
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