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Midwifery Research: Maria Teresa C. Padilla
Midwifery Research: Maria Teresa C. Padilla
1. Right to self-determination
2. Right to privacy and dignity
3. Right to anonimity and confidentiality
4. Right to fair treatment
5. Right to protection from discomfort and harm
Ethical Pinciples in Research
• Principle of Autonomy
• Autonomy is self-determination that fosters
research subject independence and self
regulation.
Information needed by the reserach
subjects:
explanation of the study;
procedure to be followed and their purposes;
a clear description of physical, mental
discomforts, any invasion of privacy;
methods used to protect anonimity and
ensure confidentiality
• Principle of Benifecence
• this involves positive action toward preventing,
removing evil or harm and doing or promoting
good. (Edge and Grooes, 1999)
• Declarative
Example: Relationship between the
dependency level of post cesarian patient and
their speed of recovery
Research Problem can also be:
Personal experience
Literature sources
Existing resources
Previous research
Criteria for Selection of Research Problem
• Feasible
• Number of subjects
• Technical expertise
• Cost - both time and money
• Scope of the project
• Interesting
• Novel
• Ethical
• Relevant
Research Variables
• Variables are measurable qualities, properties or
characteristics of people, things, events,
situations under study that vary from one subject
to another.
• The problem statement should be written
properly where the variables to be studies must
be identified well.
Kinds of Variables
• Explanatory Variables
• Independent variables
• Dependent variables
• Intervening variables
• Moderator variables
• Extraneous or Exogenous
• Organismic Variables
• Environmental variables
• Abstract or Continuous Variables
• Dichotomous Variables
Activities
Directions: look for an undergraduate thesis and
use this for identifying the following: