Public Health: Research Population for Surgical Site Infection Study

This report focuses on selecting an appropriate research population for a study on surgical site infections (SSI) in Saudi Arabia, addressing the prevalence, risk factors, and effective interventions for managing SSI in healthcare settings. It highlights the significance of healthcare-associated infections and the high prevalence of SSI. The report explains the importance of defining target, source, sample, and study populations, emphasizing the selection of King Khalid University Hospital as the study site. Clustered sampling is chosen, and the surgical ward and intensive care patients are included as the study sample. The rationale behind selecting the surgical ward as the sample population is discussed, along with the importance of obtaining consent from participants and recording healthcare professionals' strategies for data analysis. The ultimate goal is to identify effective interventions for managing surgical site infections in Saudi Arabian hospitals.

Research study
Surgical Site Infection has a significant contribution towards the morbidity rate across
the world. The paper is all about the post operative wound infection which may present up to
30 days after a surgical procedure (Olsen et al., 2015). In order to find the answer of main
research questions, it is important to select an appropriate research population. A well-
defined study question always identifies a target population. Target population can be of two
types, a narrow or relatively large. In case of narrow target population, any particular
organization or specifically, any hospital is selected but in the case of relatively large target
population, a whole nation is selected. The eligible participants from the target population are
selected as study population while performing any study (Minaei-Bidgoli, Parvin, Alinejad-
Rokny, Alizadeh & Punch, 2014).
Study sample
In order to find the answer of main research questions, a study population will be
selected. A particular hospital in Saudi Arabia, King Khalid University Hospital will be
selected to perform the prospective study in this regard. It will be approved by the hospital
authority but there will be no sponsorship from any external agency. Study population will be
selected in such a way so that the participants are eligible for the specific research questions.
Clustered sampling process will be chosen in which an area is divided in some geographic
clusters and some clusters are selected for inclusion in the study.
Selection of study sample
The study population is basically the member of sample population who are
participating in the study and the result found from the study will be applicable to the target
population (Minaei-Bidgoli, Parvin, Alinejad-Rokny, Alizadeh & Punch, 2014). In this case,
the patients from surgical ward of the specific hospital will be considered as study sample.
The patients from surgical intensive care will also be included in the study population. The
diagnostic criteria and demographic data of the patients will be collected by the treating
surgical team.
Selecting sample population and rationale behind that
The sample population consists of the participants who meet all the eligibility criteria.
In this case, the paper is focussed to find answers of research questions that are related to

surgical ward and due to this reason the surgical ward of the hospital will be specifically
chosen as sample population. Consent from the participants will be obtained prior to the
study to avoid any ethical as well legal issue. In order to find the effective interventions to
manage surgical site infection, the strategies used by the healthcare professionals will also be
recorded as data for further analysis in this regard.

References
Minaei-Bidgoli, B., Parvin, H., Alinejad-Rokny, H., Alizadeh, H., & Punch, W. F. (2014).
Effects of resampling method and adaptation on clustering ensemble
efficacy. Artificial Intelligence Review, 41(1), 27-48.
Olsen, M. A., Tian, F., Wallace, A. E., Nickel, K. B., Warren, D. K., Fraser, V. J., &
Hamilton, B. H. (2015). Impact of surgical site infections following common
ambulatory procedures on healthcare costs. Value in Health, 18(3), A234.