DISCUSS HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE AND ANALYSIS COMPARES WITH THAT OF YOUR PEER.
Discussion
The article I chose is Understanding the relationship between stress, distress and healthy lifestyle behaviour: a qualitative study of patients and general practitioners. In my opinion, the article yields high scientific merit.
Scientific merit is the quality of a research study. In order for research study to have high scientific, it must include three things. It must advance the knowledge in a field of study, contribute to the theory, and have marks of good research. The article advances the knowledge in the field of health and wellness. Knowledge is advanced on stress, distress, and living a healthy lifestyle.
In the past, "general practice based interventions addressing lifestyle behaviours have been demonstrated to be feasible and effective however it is not clear whether general practitioners (GPs) take psychological health into consideration when discussing lifestyle behaviours" (McKenzie & Harris, 2013, n.d.) The article explores new information to fill in the gap. It also contributes to the theory.
It provides evidence that presents a new theory on living a healthy lifestyle. It has high marks of good research as well. The study is ethical, it answers the research question, and the design/collection of data was appropriate for the study. If I had to choose, the area of scientific merit that could improve is advancing the knowledge more.
The researchers could have collected data on the participants by monitoring their stressors and lifestyle for six months to a year; in addition to conducting telephone interviews.
References
Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2016). Practical research: Planning and design (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
McKenzie, S. H., & Harris, M. F. (2013). Understanding the relationship between stress, distress and healthy lifestyle behaviour: A qualitative study of patients and general practitioners. BMC Family Practice, 14, 166.