Article Review Purpose of reviewing - Within the scope of the journal.
- Detect methodological and presentational mistakes.
- Confirm novelty.
- Constructive criticism to improve the paper.
- Confirm that the ethical issues are taken care of.
- To assure that it would add to the citation of the journal. (IF)
- Objectivity,
- Fairness,
- Speed,
- Professionalism,
- Confidentiality,
- Honesty,
- and courtesy.
- (Parberry, 1989)
Title - Informative
- Reflect the content of the article.
- Area of study.
- Study design. e.g.(impact, effect, prev., association, correlation...etc.
- Neither a question, nor a conclusion.
- Concise
- No repetition.
- Not exceeding 15 words
Examples of titles - A retrospective hospital based study on pattern of ear diseases in children
- Pattern of ear diseases in children.
- Ear diseases in children.
- What is the pattern of…?
- The unclassified ear disease is the most common type of ear diseases in Indian children.
- Pattern of ear diseases in Indian children presented at a rural hospital.
Abstract - Introductory sentence indicates the importance.
- Objective: (the general)
- Method: study design – sample size – area- sampling technique - description of method.
- Results: That achieve the objective.
- Conclusion: An answer of the research question.
- Context: The burden of ear problems are increasing in both developing and developed countries and it is one of the common medical problems in children and an important cause of hearing loss among them. Aim: The present study aims to find out the pattern of ear diseases among children below 15 years based on the variables such as age, sex and year. Study Design and Settings: It is a retrospective study of five years conducted in medical college hospital at the Ernakulam district of Kerala State, India. Methods and Materials: The data were collected from the Medical records department and analysed by using SPSS. Statistical analysis used: ‘Z’ test was applied for finding out the difference in proportions. Result: Out of 408 cases, 49.75% were females and 50.25% were males. Of the total cases, 30.4% were in 0-5 years, 40.7% were in 5- 9 years and 28.9% were in 10-14 years age groups. The most common type is other chronic suppurative otitis media (30.9%) and was followed by Acute suppurative otitis media 15.2%. In male and females the most common type of ear disease is other chronic suppurative otitis media and in males it is 28.3% and in females it is 17.1% respectively.
- Conclusion: Since ear problems an important cause of hearing loss in children, it is important to know its pattern and frequency and this would be helpful to strengthen preventive as well as early detection measures to reduce ear problems and thereby hearing loss among them.
- Key words: Ear diseases, age, sex and year.
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