Naturopathy
and my topic is The use of Peppermint oil in Irritable Bowel syndrome
Task
The intention of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to sharpen your database searching skills for qualitative
articles, and gain experience with analysing them for their value and relevance. You may wish to refer back to
Question 5 or 6 in Assignment 1 and/or Assignment 2 and use the same topic if there are enough available studies
on that topic. In this assessment only the health condition OR the treatment method needs to be the same across
the studies (e.g., all studies relate to acupuncture, or all studies relate to depression).
1. Find and reference 3 research articles dealing with that topic. You should identify articles that investigate issues
such as attitudes towards the treatment and reasons for choosing it. (Note: Qualitative research does not usually
investigate effectiveness of treatment). The three must all be qualitative research articles, and at least two of them
must be primary research articles. The third can be either primary or secondary. Two of the primary research articles
must use different methods (e.g., one is an interview study and the other is a case study). (Note: References not
counted in word count).
2. Contrast the articles on the differences in methods. To contrast means to highlight and explain the differences
between the methods. This requires you to go beyond providing a description of each method, and instead to discuss
in detail the ways they differ. (Approximately 400 words).
3. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the articles in terms of their research design: sampling, data
collection and analysis, and study recency). Be sure to make reference to reliability and validity, but you will
need to be aware that qualitative research uses different methods to assess validity than quantitative research and
make reference to them appropriately. (Approximately 400 words).
4. Give a brief interpretation of the findings of each research study, including clinical relevance. (Approximately
200 words)
Naturopathy and my topic is The use of Peppermint oil in Irritable Bowel syndrom
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