Clinically Diagnosed Depression

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER # 2: METHODS1

Methodology1

Background and Rationale2

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria6

Literature Sources7

Literature Critique10

Authors11

Titles and Abstracts11

Ethical Considerations12

Purpose/Problem of Study12

Key Words13

Appraisal Framework13

REFERENCES14

APPENDIX16

CHAPTER # 2: METHODS

Methodology

The research is based on secondary data collection. The data is extracted from various journals, articles and books. Secondary research describes information gathered through literature, publications, broadcast media, and other nonhuman sources (Hong and Harshman 2006 35). This type of research does not involve human subjects.

The research approach used is qualitative. Qualitative research is much more subjective than quantitative research and uses very different methods of collecting information which could be both primary and secondary. As already mentioned, this study chooses the secondary method. The nature of this type of research is exploratory and open-ended.

The basic methodology followed particularly for the medical researches is the systematic review of literature with the help of meta-analytic techniques of statistics. This serve as the basis for this research too as this would enable is finding better results and interventions for the patients who clinically diagnosed depression and the impact of exercise on treating symptoms of clinical depression. The results of past researches will be evaluated on uniform criteria for inclusion and exclusion which will result into better recommendations and conclusions of this paper.

This type of research is often less costly than surveys and is extremely effective in acquiring information. It is often the method of choice in instances where quantitative measurement is not required. For the purpose of evaluation, the CASP model has been used. All the studies have been criticized on the bases of CASP criterion.

The use of this research pattern will be helping in the alignment of large scale researches. The required information for the research might be available through the secondary sources. This will help in effective elimination of the expense and need for carrying out primary research. In the case of research on clinically diagnosed depression patients, the details found about the previous primary researches showed that there will be numerous difficulties in collection of primary data and the potential of the information obtained will not be justifying the efforts and cost involved for conducting the primary research.

Background and Rationale

With the ageing of our population, this problem may potentially will continue to worsen unless we improve our assessment and treatment. According to the Census Bureau over the next two decades, the percentage of persons over the age of sixty-five will increase from thirteen to nineteen percent of the total population. A small community study based in United Kingdom found out that depression prevalence among the people ranging from the age 18 to 55 yrs was 0.4%, the people ranging from the age55 to 85 was 1.1% and the people falling in the age bracket of 85 yrs or above was 13.6% (Cova et al., 2007 151). So, it can be said that the depression prevalence shows variation depending over the study setting and the population.

Rationale for selecting these topics is best of my interest, which is relevant to my clinical ...