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7, RESEARCH APPROACHE 5s AND DESIGN?, , 168, , Design, pter: univariant descr, , Types of Descriptive Research, , Three basic descriptive research designs a, , design, exploratory design, and comparative design., *, , re disc ussed in this cha, , Univariant Descriptive Design, ee of occurrence «, , ve designs are, esign does not n, , scribe the frequens y, , undertaken to des, the study of a sin, , ecessarily focus on, , the study., , Univariant descripti gle variable; th, -phenomenon.This d o Sere er, may be one or more variables involved in, ~~ For example, a researcher 1S interested in assessing, from rheumatoid arthritis. In this study, the researcher may des ribe the frequency of 0, ent symptoms experienced by the patients and the type of treatment they rec eived during t, course of disease, etc. There are multiple variables in this research study., , The basic purpose of the study is not only to describe each of the variables but also to estar, the relationship between those variables. This design is mainly used to identify and descri«, perception, awareness, behaviour, attitude, knowledge, and practices of people. For example, t, design was used for ‘a descriptive study of the perceived causes of female feticide arnon sen, in selected rural and urban communities of district Jaipur, Rajasthan’. There are mainly, of descriptive studies in the field of epidemiology: incidence and prevalence studies. Fo, descriptive study of the prevalence of pin-site infection among patients with external ske, tion can be carried out with this experimental design. Or it can be used for ‘a descripti, the incidence of urinary tract infection among catheterized patients admitted in in, , units (ICUs)’. Other examples of research studies with descriptive design are presented in Box 7, , he experiences of patients suffer, , , , , , , , , , , :, , E, , Explorato:, and its re, , is d-to-identify, explore, and. describe the-existingphenomenor, , ctors. In other words, it is not only a simple description or the frequen, nd a study of its related, , , , , , , , , naa reo &aS, , Ce a ner es ee exploration and a, , further understandi out a _less-understood-phenomenon._ For exam, , , , , BOX 7.1, , EXAMPLES OF THE RESEAR, ChesSTUD, WITH DESCRIPTIVE DESIGN i:, , , , , , , ¢ A descriptive study on the biophysi, sical i i i, Bae of bir 21 studying ead qe a, ools of the city Chandigarh. it, ee . * A descriptive study on prevalence of, iP’ ly on the awareness of backache among nurses ing in criti, HIV/AIDS among adolesc ,, in selected ee ae DA ete cal units of Christian Medical College, , _ Gulbarga, Karnataka. me (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu., A descriptive study on the existing mouth cA descriptive study on incidence of, seracticos for chihicalle nil nationte rani on aoe oe emeeeenstiod ©, ee er ee ed BA dical, , ony