RESEARCH SUMMARY 5
Research summary
Article source
The article has been obtained from the society for the study of the association (SSA) journal. Several authors wrote this article and they, include Sean M Murphy, Daniel Polsky, Joshua D. Lee, Peter D. Friedmann, Timothy W. Kinlock, Edward V. Nunes, Richard j. Bonnie, Michael Gordon, Donna T.Chen, Tamara Y. Boney and Charles P. O’Brien.
What is the problem or the issue addressed in this article?
This article is majoring on the extended-release naltrexone. It tries to investigate whether extended-naltrexone is cost-effective. The study has shown that there are high prices associated with the injections of the extended-release naltrexone. The high rates are not acceptable in the levels related to the Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY)
Hypothesis
To establish the relationship between the introduction of extended-release naltrexone and the quality-adjusted life years among criminal justice populations.
To test whether there is a relationship between the introduction of the extended–release naltrexone and the absence among the criminal justice populations.
To investigate whether the introduction of extended-release naltrexone is within the given limits of the quality-adjusted life years.
The research design used.
The article used a qualitative research design. A demonstration on the usage of this design is that the research uses samples to obtain the data used in the analysis and that will aid in the discussions and the conclusion. The small set of sample size that was used to represent the whole population gives a general conclusion about the other entire population.
Timeframe.
The time frame presented in the article shows that the research was carried out in 2014 and it took 78 weeks to obtain the data. The report outlines that all the values of the currency translated to the value of the US Dollar in 2014. The time that the tests will be administered to the sample population shows a duration of 78 weeks. To ensure that
Operational definitions used in the article.
Cost-effectiveness, criminal justice populations, extended-release naltrexone, opioid use disorder, quality-adjusted life-years, time abstinent.
What kind of sampling was used?
The study utilized a random sampling method.
Why?
The study used a qualitative research design, and therefore a randomized sampling method would yield a better result. The data obtained from this test will represent the whole population. Thus, a randomized sampling method was appropriate. The research article has also provided that sampling was randomized among the people who were of age between 18 years and 60 years.
Who were the samples?
The sample comprised of individuals who aged between 18 years and 60 years. These individuals must have diagnosed before with the DSM-IV of opioid dependence. They must as well have served settled imprisonment under control, or they had previously in custody but they are now set free, or they were under community control, where they were not subjected to opioid, tested through urine analysis. The sample should not include people who were admitted in the hospital previously due to overdosing cases.
Findings of the study.
The participants in both the TAU and the XR-NTX did not have a significance difference in the characteristics that were under study. These included the QALY and the health-care value. A comparison against the resources used on the criminal justice system over the past ninety days took effect.
Conclusion.
Due to the high prices associated with the injection of the extended-release naltrexone, there are no cost-effective measures that have been established in the administration of it among the criminal justice population.
Ethical questions.
Did the participants engage in the research with their consent?
Did the researchers ensure that there are not doing any harm to the participants?
References
Sean, M et al. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone to prevent relapse among criminal justice-involved individuals with a history of opioid use disorder. SSA: 1440-1450