Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English.

1. What is research? : Knowledge and research ; Theory and research ; Practice and research ; Becoming research aware -- 2. The research process at a glance : The research process ; Developing a researchable topic ; Organising your research ; Gathering and analysing information -- 3. What are research problems, questions, hypotheses, aims and objectives? : The research topic ; The research problem ; Formulating the research question ; Research hypotheses ; Research aims and objectives -- 4. Searching and reviewing the literature : Types of literature review ; Identifying literature sources ; Searching and retrieving the literature ; Boolean, truncation and wildcard operators ; Organising the literature ; Writing the literature review -- 5. Getting to grips with research designs : Paradigms ; Experimental designs ; Non-experimental designs (numerical data) ; Non-experimental designs (narrative/words) -- 6. Understanding sampling and sampling size : Populations ; Sampling criteria ; Selecting a sample ; Probability sampling ; Non-probability sampling ; Sample size -- 7. Ethical and legal issues in research : What is ethics? ; Why is ethics important in research? ; Key ethical principles ; Research Ethics Committee (REC) ; Ethical and legal issues specific to research designs -- 8. Rigour in research : The concept of rigour ; Validity ; Reliability ; Trustworthiness ; Assessing rigour in a research study -- 9. Data collection in research : What is data collection? ; Questionnaires, tests and scales ; Interviews ; Observation ; Documentary sources -- 10. Gaining insight into data analysis : Analysis of numerical data ; Descriptive statistics ; Inferential statistics ; Analysis of narrative (words) -- 11. How is research disseminated and implemented? : Essential criteria in research reporting and dissemination ; Strategies for reporting and dissemination ; Using healthcare journals for research dissemination ; The importance of dissemination ; Implementing findings: barriers and facilitators -- 12. Critically evaluating research studies : Quality and integrity of research ; Critically reading research ; Replication of research.

This book focuses on what research is, why it is relevant in healthcare and how it should be applied in practice. It takes the reader step by step through the research process, from choosing research questions through to searching the literature, analyzing findings and presenting the final piece of work.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.