A. My research study will be a prospective non-experimental study more specially a longitudinal research method. The reasoning for this is when the treatments are over I want to see if patients are experiencing any long term adverse side effects and if so for how long after the treatment are the side effects persisting. So this will be a long term study that will see the effects of the treatments over a 10 year period of time.
B. The subjects I would use for my research proposal would be male and females between the ages of 25-60. I would like to see people who were in relatively good health before the treatment and may have opted to take the treatment as a preventative measure. While social status will not be an issue I would
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D. Does Interferon based treatment for Hepatitis C cause long term adverse side effects?
E. I would use surveys and face to face interviews with questionaries’ in order to view what symptoms the participants are experiencing. From there I would see which are the most prevalent and concentrate on those symptoms. I would be conducting the surveys every 3 to 6 months at regular intervals, however if they have a serious change I would ask them to contact us in order to document the sudden change. Many times when participants are going to go for Hepatitis C treatment they are given tests to measure initial health such as eye exams, CT, and even endoscopy’s to make sure there are no other diseases that may interfere with treatment. If they have gotten preliminary testing, I would like to rerun the tests if these are where they are having the adverse side effects to see what specifically is causing the aliment.
F. I would like to use participants that were in relatively good health before the Hepatitis C treatment. Participants who had no symptoms of Hepatitis C but had gotten the treatment as a preventative measure. I would also like to make sure they do not have any bowel diseases such as croans or irritable bowel syndrome because most side effects from the medication will cause bowel issues, so if they have a preexisting condition
3- How would you make it an experimental (rather than correlational) study (it might help to be specific here as well and define the two types of studies in your
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?
c. Based on your research, assess the risks and benefits of anabolic steroid use as a means to build muscle. Based on this assessment, indicate whether or not you would recommend the use of these drugs to a friend who was interested in building muscle
About 4.1 million people in Americans have the positive antibody for hepatitis C virus (HCV), and about 75% of them are persistently infected and most of the infections happened d 20 to 40 years ago, before the finding of HCV. Hepatitis C increased from 7,000 to 13,000 deaths in 2005. Furthermore, HCV develops slowly which increases the risk for severe complications in the infected people. Identification, death, and treatment is predicted to affect 35,000 by 2030. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) used antiviral therapy with PEGylated in clinical trials. The CDC recommends a HVC one time test for people born between 1945 and 1965.They observed testing by birth. The objective of this study was to thoroughly evaluate the amount of substance abuser infected with hepatitis C in the United States. Additional to observe the treatment of HVC. Currently Medicaid and Medicare repayment standards for sofosbuvir were calculated in all states including the District of Columbia. Medicaid and Medicare covered the drug based on the following classes liver disease stage, HIV, and drug use. Approximately 42 states reimbursed the following criteria up to 74% for the drug sofobuvir. About two thirds of the United States restricted the treatment centered on prescriber type. About 88% included drug abuse in their sofosbuvir admissibility measures. Finally 50% required a dated of abstinence and 64% required drug test. The latest drug to HVC is called Sovaldi and it costs $84,000 for the 12
Look at the statements that you agree with (1s and 2s). Is a relationship evident between the statements that influenced your responses (e.g., age of patient, patient
2. Individuals known to have chronic hepatitis C tested positive with the C 100-3 assay.
How did you select this research study to analyze? That is, what search terms did you use? What database did you use? What was your rationale for selecting this particular study to analyze over the others identified in the search results? What is the full reference for the study in APA format?
Purpose: The purpose of the article was to address one of the interventions in Hepatitis C treatment and the temporal aspect of it in particular. The authors use a question to begin the article which makes it easy for the reader to find the purpose of the article and later the issue which would be preceding it. Within the purpose, the authors also identify their audience being the patients living with Hepatitis C virus, the insurance companies, and the health departments. Identifying the stakeholders is effective in targeting the message to the appropriate population and further adds clarity to the issue since it would be relatable to the authors of the article as well as their audience.
Explain the purpose of the study. Use the PICO or PICo format to identify the research question.
d. Did data analysis address questions and/or hypotheses of the study? Give a rationale for your
a.Were the subjects randomly assigned to the experimental or control groups? If no or yes, what impact does this have on the study?
In order to conduct a meaningful controlled experiment, one would need a group of individuals who are:
24. Does the design used seem to reflect consideration of feasibility issues (cost, time, etc.)? Recruiting subjects and conducting interviews are not needed, however, since this is a large longitudinal study lasting two years, costs are a factor. Researchers did not address costs or other feasibility issues in the article, but statements in the introduction indicate the hospital covered the costs, in an effort to gather data on
Question 5: If Martinez is assigned to this study, what are the issues he should consider when selecting the research sample? What are your recommendations
1. What would this study have to look like in order for it be predominately qualitative?