Research Paper due in 2 days

CJBS 250

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Article #1: Alcohol drinking pattern and risk of alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a

prospective cohort study.

● What is APA citation for the article?

Askgaard, G., Grønbæk, M., Kjær, M. S., Tjønneland, A., & Tolstrup, J. S. (2015, May).

Alcohol drinking pattern and risk of alcoholic liver cirrhosis: A prospective cohort study.

Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25634330

● What is the purpose of the study? What questions were asked?

The purpose of this study was to give questionnaires to collect data for a study of the

effects of alcohol and its risks on liver cirrhosis. This study shows individuals how

consuming too much alcohol can lead to liver cirrhosis as well as much other health

diseases in the future. In this study, they asked questions about the use of alcohol intake

as well as drinking patterns of individuals.

● What is the sample size?

The sample size consists of 354-204 patients who are aged 16 and older.

● What is the research design? (Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Description)

The research design consists of a prospective cohort study.

● What type of data collection method was used? (i.e., survey, experiment,

observation)

The type of data collection method that was used has consisted of observations and

questionnaires.

● What were the major findings, conclusions, recommendations of study?

In conclusion of this study, this article concludes that an individual who drinks beer,

liquor or wine are at less risk of alcoholic cirrhosis. While people who drink liquor every

day have an increased risk of alcohol cirrhosis especially in men.

Article #2: Alcohol consumption and household expenditure on alcohol in a rural

district in Vietnam.

● What is APA citation for the article?

Giang, K. B., Van, H., & Allebeck, P. (2013, January 28). Alcohol consumption and

household expenditure on alcohol in a rural district in Vietnam. Retrieved from

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23364099

● What is the purpose of the study? What questions were asked?

The purpose of this study is to explain how research on alcohol use in low and

middle-income countries such as vitamin recommends that economic development is

associated with increased alcohol consumption which could lead to many negative

consequences in public health. The questions that were asked consisted of information on

alcohol abuse as well as spending on alcohol for four weeks straight and how it affects an

individual money financially.

● What is the sample size?

The sample size is 799 females and 765 males aged 18-60 years old.

● What is the research design? (Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Description)

The research design consists of a cross-sectional study.

● What type of data collection method was used? (i.e., survey, experiment,

observation)

The type of data collection method that was used was a survey.

● What were the major findings, conclusions, recommendations of study?

In conclusion, alcohol consumption and expedition is more common in men than women

in Vietnam. Also, findings in the reading show studies have proved that alcohol is a

source of current and future health risk in transitional and developing countries, making

Vietnam one of them. Also throughout the sociocultural dynamics of alcohol use in

Vietnam remain poorly understood.

Article #3: The impact of an alcohol consumption intervention in community sports

clubs on safety and participation: an RCT

● What is APA citation for the article?

Rowland, B., Kingsland, M., Wolfenden, L., Murphy, A., Gillham, K. E.,

Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., & Wiggers, J. (n.d.). The impact of an alcohol consumption

intervention in community sports clubs on safety and participation: An RCT. Retrieved

from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30548953

● What is the purpose of the study? What questions were asked?

The purpose of this study is to identify the settings where alcohol consumption occurs.

The questions that were asked during this study was whether sports club use of alcohol

management strategies were related to risky alcohol consumption by members and levels

of social capital, as measured in terms of participation in and perceived safety of the club.

● What is the sample size?

The sample size of this study is 723 sports club members.

● What is the research design? (Explanation, Exploration, Evaluation, Description)

The research designed that was used was a randomized control trial (RCT)

● What type of data collection method was used? (i.e., survey, experiment,

observation)

The type of data collection method that was used was a multilevel analysis.

● What were the major findings, conclusions, recommendations of study?

In conclusion, the use of alcohol can affect club participation in many ways. Based on the

results of the data that was collected, the number of individuals involved with sports

clubs should drink responsibly. It was identified that average consumption of alcohol at

sports club intervened with the association between the intervention and increased

participation.

● What is the research topic? This is the topic that is based on the three articles that

you selected.

Alcohol consumption and its negative effects on individuals.

● What is the research question? What is the question that the research is trying to

answer?

How does the use of alcohol consumption affect one health mentally or physically?

Independent Variable​​: The amount of alcohol being consumed

Dependent Variable​​: The performance of health, mental and physical issues alcohol can

have on an individual.

Research Hypothesis​​:

​Ho​​: Alcohol consumption does not shorten a person's health.

Ha​​: Alcohol consumption shortens an individual health.

● What is the analytic plan? How do you plan to analyze the data?

The consumption of alcohol used by individuals will be examined with detailed statistics

such as median, mean, and standard deviation as well as using boxplots. If the normality

and equal difference assumptions are satisfied, the difference in mean of age in the two

groups will be tested using a t-test. However, if the assumptions are not met, a

non-parametric test will be used.

● What are the proposed benefits of the research? Why is this research important?

The proposed benefits of this research are to allow individuals to learn the negative

mental and physical health effects alcohol can have on one's body, as a researcher you get

to see the characters and effects of one that drinks alcohol, compared to individuals who

don't drink alcohol. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause serious damage to an

individual's body as well. This research is important because alcohol is a drug that slows

down the brain function and allows it to shut down, causing failure of the nervous

system. Drinking can lead to liver damage, nerve failure, as well as negative impacts at

the sports club in school or in the community and also financially spending on liquor can

lead to broken homes as well as leaving one financially unstable.