The project explores a preventive solution for developing diabetes from prediabetes in a specific population. The main types of data collected during the investigation are demographic information about the participants and their hemoglobin A1c levels before and after the intervention. Thus, people who are considered participants in the project are adult African Americans who have received a diagnosis of prediabetes and have agreed to take part in the project.
Individuals participating in the program can benefit from the suggested intervention, but they also may encounter some risks related to data gathering. First, the basis of this PICOT is a practice change that improves patients’ knowledge of diabetes prevention. Furthermore, individuals can gain insight into their health and lifestyle and access helpful apps and other digital resources for tracking their vitals and habits. Therefore, increased awareness about their health, nutrition, and potential ways to prevent diabetes from developing is the main advantage of participating in the project. If the proposed change in practice is successful, the participants may see improvements in their physical health and lower the risk of diabetes. However, as the assignment requires data collection and analysis, participating in the project puts patient data at risk of a privacy breach.
The nurse leading the project will follow certain steps to protect participant data and ensure their privacy and confidentiality. Data collection will be limited to ensure that only the necessary information is gathered using private spaces (Holland & Linvill, 2019). Any potentially identifying data will be available only to the assignment author, and it will be depersonalized for future use during the investigation (Wu et al., 2019). To protect the participants’ right to privacy and affirm their consent, all individuals taking part in the project will be asked to sign a written consent form (Wu et al., 2019). They will be informed about their ability to withdraw their consent at any project stage. Overall, all information will be used only for this project and stored safely to protect the participants’ identities.
References
Holland, H. M., & Linvill, J. S. (2019). Important considerations for protecting human research participants. Purdue University. Web.
Wu, Y., Howarth, M., Zhou, C., Hu, M., & Cong, W. (2019). Reporting of ethical approval and informed consent in clinical research published in leading nursing journals: A retrospective observational study.BMC Medical Ethics, 20(1), 1-10. Web.