Research Questions

Research Questions

Introduction

The paper is based on the analysis of two articles from the domain of health care. The structure of the paper is divided into two parts, which contains the in-depth analysis of these articles. The highlights of the paper is to provide the purpose of the researches presented, the research questions, reviews, the nature of the articles, evidence and the analysis on the outcomes of the research.

Article # 01

Title: “A Process of Decision Making by Caregivers of Family Members with Heart Failure”

Answer # 01

Purpose of the Research

The purpose of the presented research was to investigate the aspect of how the caregivers of the family members make decisions related to the heart failure. The purpose also included the investigation on the decision making process of these caregivers which was based on several factors that included some actions which were identified in the research. This was mainly the core purpose of the research, which was investigated in contrast with family members with heart failure.

Answer # 02

Research Question

The research question of the conducted research is that: how do the caregivers of the family members with heart failure make decisions?

The research question is implicit as the concept in this need for making decisions is the ability, or a skill in a caregiver that supports to make the treatment decisions at the critical points, in the scenario when the disease progresses. The patient's outcome can be affected by the family's ability, which is to make good decisions related to the treatment and cope up effectively (Family Caregiver Alliance, 2009).

Answer # 03

Design of the Study

Research design is an element which is present in almost every research. The purpose of the research design is to explain the nature of the research. It is the component that sticks up with the research project. The research design basically structures the research work, and presents how the major portions of the research are combined together and address the main research questions. The authors have not defined that whether the research design is descriptive or experimental, but according to the article it is a descriptive research as it has described a relation between the decision making process by caregivers, in contract with heart failure (Patton, 2005). But yes! The author has described the qualitative design of the research, in relation with the grounded theory model, which is used to investigate the decision making process of the caregivers for the patients suffering with heart failure (Charmaz, 2006). The qualitative design of the study includes the interviews as the research instrument.

Answer # 04

Nature of the Research

The research is qualitative in nature, which can be easily extracted from the data collection method in the research. Firstly, the author has mentioned that the research is based on a qualitative design, which is among the basic characteristics for proving it to be a qualitative design. The second characteristic that reflects the qualitative nature of the research is the data collection method. The research instrument used in this research is ...