Methodological Challenges When Using Actigraphy in Research

Methodological challenges when carrying out research on CKD and AKI using routine electronic health records.

Research regarding chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) using routinely collected data presents particular challenges. The availability, consistency, and quality of renal data in electronic health records has changed over time with developments in policy, practice incentives, clinical knowledge, and associated guideline changes. Epidemiologic research may be affected by pa...

Methodological challenges when performing a systematic review.

Well-conducted systematic reviews can provide a foundation upon which to base educational curricula, practice guidelines and healthcare policy. We aim to provide an overview of important methodological issues that need to be addressed during the five phases of performing a systematic review. 1. The specific problems to be addressed by the systematic review need to be formulated as clear, unambi...

Methodological Challenges for Collaborative Learning Research

Measuring sexual behaviour: methodological challenges in survey research.

Introduction The study of sexual behaviour lies at the heart of understanding the transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Academic investigation into sexual behaviour dates back to the 18th century and, over time, has employed a variety of approaches including the medical and psychiatric investigation of sexual disorders, anthropological investigations, and survey resea...

Vulnerable participants in health research: methodological and ethical challenges

ethical reasoning in bioethics attempts to justify normative claims by referring to moral theory and arguments in an effort to defend conclusions with which all reasonable people must agree. (Burgess, 2007, p. 2285) However, as we have illustrated, ethical guidelines and notions of informed consent are normative claims that may be challenged in social and health research. The guidelines from me...