Research Critique
Introduction
Conducting qualitative research is a process that requires accuracy and relevance in clinical practice. Assessing and measuring the qualitative effects of a medical condition requires research to familiarize with principles of research. A qualitative comparison – measuring stress levels of parents taking care of children suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) – is vital for clinical practice. Parents of children suffering from ASD have different stress levels compared with parents taking care of FASD patients or children. A qualitative comparison should consider different research methods and principles that present the best and relevant findings as research results of data collection and analysis.
Research Tradition
The article provided has met most principles of conducting qualitative research. An effective research tradition is indicated in the structure and organization of the journal. The document begins with an abstract which provides a basic overview of the article. The journal document ends with a list of references that facilitate information for analysis (Watson, et al. 2013). However, it is important to note that the research document does not meet reflexivity in its design. Exclusive use of interviews as the main research gathering tools distorts information analysis in different ways. For instance, planned interviews can simulate attributes indicating stress which are not present in a real life scenario. Consequently, the journal should have considered observation as an alternative approach to gathering data.
Ethical Aspects of a Study
The research has met the most ethical aspects of a study that involves different participants. Personal details of all participants are recorded in accordance with research regulations required before publishing. Private information of participants was addressed to perfection as the researcher adhered to the Privacy Policy of patients in the clinical practice. However, the research failed to illustrate its Privacy Policy which secured personal details of patients and victims identified as the target sample (Steele, et al. 2016). It is important that a Privacy Policy is provided and sensitized to a target sample to avoid future litigation issues in court. There are some researchers who develop privacy policies that fail to recognize the entirety of personal data protection. For instance, some researchers end up sharing personal data with unscrupulous individuals for marketing purposes. This should be avoided in clinical practice.
Data Collection
Interview was the main research gathering tool used for measuring stress levels of the affected parents of ASD and FASD children. Data collection, which capitalizes on interviews, presents the best results of any qualitative research. In the clinical practice, journals of qualitative research are common when assessing medical conditions of the affected victims of an illness (Watson, et al. 2013). Patients of a chronic illness such as ASD and FASD affect both parents and close friends. The research article in the discussion did not recognize the importance of close friends as part of a target sample. Close friends might act as neutral participants who verify the stress behavior of parents caring for ASD and FASD children.
Research Findings
Information analysis derives its elements from the findings of the research. Supposing parents of ASD patients suffer more stress than parents of FASD; then data collected should indicate additional sources of stressors in each target sample. The accuracy of data provided as findings is important for information analysis. Unfortunately, the research article in the discussion has narrowed findings from a restricted pool of target sample. Moreover, observation ought to have been included to complement research gathering efforts of face-to-face interviews (Steele, et al. 2016). Findings from the interviews might have provided sufficient data for information analysis. However, research tradition recommends adoption of mix data collection strategies for conducting qualitative research. In this case, observation should have been considered and a pool of close friends added as participants. The information analysis process of the research would be more exclusive from the varying range of data.
Information Analysis
Disregarding the importance of neutral participant might distort information analysis in different ways. For instance, data collected from a simulated victim in a participant’s group might be ineffective in providing an effective conclusion. As a result, information analysis fails to issue recommendations that might fill a medical loophole in the psychological treatment of stress and depression (Chan, et al. 2018). This is to note that close friends were not considered part of the target sample. Verifying the accuracy of data collected from interviews promotes information accuracy for a research article. Confirming and identifying the relationship of variables in research is important in providing an accurate recommendation in the clinical practice.
Conclusion
Interviews should be complemented using both questionnaires and survey when conducting a qualitative comparison. In clinical practice, measuring stress levels of ASD and FASD among affected victims should include as many participants as possible. The focus group should be widened to incorporate participants who might present unexpected data for research objectives. Clinical practice should be exclusive enough to fill all medical loopholes that might provide misleading information on health issues. Data collection should ensure that all research tools are relevantly considered to collect enough data for analysis. Otherwise, shallow research might fail to provide relevant recommendations for best practice in the nursing discipline. Clinical practices require medical practitioners that are focused on improving the nursing profession through medical research.
References
Chan, T., Trueger, N. S., Roland, D., & Thoma, B. (2018). Evidence-based medicine in the era of social media: scholarly engagement through participation and online interaction. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 20(1), 3-8.
Steele, L. M., Mulhearn, T. J., Medeiros, K. E., Watts, L. L., Connelly, S., & Mumford, M. D. (2016). How do we know what works? A review and critique of current practices in ethics training evaluation. Accountability in research, 23(6), 319-350.
Watson, S. L., Hayes, S. A., Coons, K. D., & Radford-Paz, E. (2013). Autism spectrum disorder and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Part II: A qualitative comparison of parenting stress. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 38(2), 105-113.