Designing a research study.
Diabetes educators and advanced-practice nurses in diabetes care often participate in clinical research. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview of important decisions in planning a research study. The research process is reviewed, including the conceptual phase, the design and planning phase, the empirical phase, the analytic phase, and the dissemination phase. Issues unique to diabetes education research are highlighted.
Whittemore
Robin
R
The Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut
Melkus
Gail D'Eramo
GD
The Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design