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The article reports a research findings on the experiences of frail women after falling.
Older women are often weak and likely to experience accidents either at home or in care
settings associated to their frail conditions. There is need for care practitioners to understand
the experience of older women falling as a basis for better response in such cases as well as to
guide further preventive measures. There is limited literature and studies that have focused on
the experiences of women falling especially in home setting. This paper proceeds to evaluate
the various aspects of the research in addressing this issue in terms of the literature review,
research methods, data analysis, and interpretation of the study findings. Research studies add
knowledge that can be used to guide, improve, or change current clinical practice. As such, it
is imperative to assess research studies to establish how effective they are in addressing the
issue of focus (Cassell & Symon, 2011). This will help to establish if they qualify as points of
reference to avoid using false knowledge that could cause clinical mistakes.

Title

The title of a research is very important since it sets the direction and nature of the
study. A good research topic should be well and clearly defined, easy to understand, and
avoid ambiguity (Snelgrove, 2014). The researcher used a clear and easy to understand title.
The title is stated in simple words that can be understood by readers not familiar with
complex terminologies in the medical field. However, one weakness in the title is that it is not
comprehensive enough. For instance, the researcher failed to state the nature and scope of the
study in the title. As such, the title is left quite general and open for speculation.

Abstract

The main purpose of an abstract is to provide an overview of the research in terms of
the purpose, research methods adopted, research findings and analysis, and the conclusion
(Sandelowski, M 2015). The abstract provides critical information such as the research
methods, study findings, and the significance of the findings in practice.

Author
From the analysis of the research in terms of the literature reviewed, methods used,
analysis and interpretation of the study findings, and the way the researcher has strived to put
the research into context, it is evident that he/she is knowledgeable in this field. He/she has
portrayed substantial expertise skills and knowledge in the field.

Introduction

An introduction in a research article provides readers with an overview of the research
problem. It should provide readers with the research background, purpose, significance,
rationale, and aims and objectives (Siddiqui & Fitzgerald, 2014). The researcher in the
current study has given a short description of the research. The introduction highlights the
crucial aspects of the study and why it is important. The researcher notes that the
phenomenon of getting up for the older women after falling and the aspect of finding
something they can use to help them get up are primarily directed towards maximizing the
alternatives offered by their immediate environmental features at home. According to the
researcher, understanding the variability that comes with the women’s experience of falling is
a critical aspect of caregivers’ better interaction with them. It is also important in helping
mitigate such problems in future or in developing preventive measures. The researcher also
identifies a gap in current literature concerning the experiences of older persons falling. This
justifies the need for this current descriptive phenomenological study that focused on older
women in care settings who had experiences of falling at least once at home. The research is
part of an ongoing longitudinal study of older women’s’ experiences if home care.

Literature Review

The researcher has effectively analysed the topic of focus in context to relevant
theoretical frameworks. The literature review presents the different theoretical perspectives
through which the area of study can be analysed and understood. The two perspectives
adopted by the researcher in this study are the personal control and the affect outcomes
models. According to the article, the act of personal control over an event is associated with
competence to exhibit the behaviour related to the intended action. The researcher also sought
to relate the models to existing literature. In one analysed study, oldest women exhibit higher
levels of external control than other groups. Older persons are likely to focus on primary
control behaviours to the external environment and manipulate it to suit their needs, and
direct secondary control efforts to minimize losses or maintain primary control (Porter,
1999).

The researcher further notes that an exploratory research of the experiences of older
women falling can be placed under the context of the external and secondary control.
Nevertheless, the two concepts still present difficulties in application. This is because the
concepts of primary control and secondary control are understood in terms of the aims of
individual actor, which is difficult to configure.
However, despite these elements, the literature review can be faulted as being short
considering the nature of the research. The research can be described as of a high magnitude
and as such demands vast review of the current literature. Given the high magnitude of the
study, the researcher should have embarked further deeper into analysis of the available
literature in order to identify gaps as a basis to guide the current study. The researcher should
have sought to put the current study into perspective through analysis and review of the
previous studies in this subject area in terms of data collection techniques and tools,
limitations, scope, and relevancy of the studies in order to garner a better understanding of
the issue. This would help to illuminate the issue and guide the current study in being more
relevant and focused.

Methodology

The aim of the study was to analyse the field of frail women experience of falling and
trying to get up at home alone. The study is of the descriptive phenomenological