Rough Draft of Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations

Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations
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Rough Draft Quantitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations
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The article “Adherence to the therapeutic regime in person with type 2 diabetes” by Albuquerque et al., (2015) investigates the adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes to the prescribed treatment regimen with respect to clinical, psychological, and sociodemographic factors that affect conformance to the therapy. Although people diagnosed with diabetes are expected to integrate a range of preventive actions throughout their lives, few studies have studied adherence levels in relation to clinical, psychological, and sociodemographic factors. This article is significant to nursing because the findings highlight the critical need to measure patient compliance with diabetes treatment, and may even guide public health efforts geared towards improving glycemic control in certain populations.
The article “Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Adolescents From 2001 to 2009” by Dabelea et al., (2014) explores overall change in incidence of type 1 and 2 diabetes among US youth between the years 2001 and 2009, in relation to specific sociodemographic factors that include sex, age, and race/ethnicity. Despite various health experts terming the growing prevalence of diabetes among youths in America an “epidemic”, very few studies have investigated trends in prevalence of both type 1 and 2 diabetes across ethnic groups. This article is significant to nursing because understanding general changes in diabetes among youths is critical to informing nurses about care that is required for this specific pediatric population, and the findings may even guide other studies aimed at determining the reasons for the perceived changes.
How the two articles support my nurse practice issue
The article Albuquerque et al., (2015) will be used to identify clinical, psychological, and sociodemographic factors that affect adherence to lifestyle changes that help in controlling diabetes among children patients. This article provides useful insights into how such factors as age, parental supervision, family support, income, education, geographical distance from health facilities, duration of disease, anxiety, stress, and depression may affect compliance of children patients to lifestyle changes that are critical to managing glycemic levels. On the other hand, the article by Dabelea et al., (2014) will be used to understand changes in prevalence of both type 1 and 2 diabetes among children patients in relation to sex, age, and race/ethnicity and so guide the development of culturally-tailored lifestyle programs.
The comparison group used in the study by Albuquerque et al., (2015) differs from my PICOT question in that it entailed a patient population with type 2 diabetes only, aged between 40 and 85 years, whereas my PICOT question focused on children patients of both genders with both type 1 and 2 diabetes. Conversely, the comparison group used in the study by Dabelea et al., (2014) was relatively similar to my PICOT...