Publishing Research: From an Occupational Therapy Perspective

Emily F. Piven*

Publishing Research: From an Occupational Therapy Perspective

Two years ago, at the inception of this Diabetes Research – Open Journal,
I wrote an opinion article for the inaugural issue about the need for articles targeting
secondary prevention.

The journal has grown to provide many quantitative research articles that deal with
important issues for managing tertiary issues, thus providing statistically significance current
research. However, I failed to convince both the researcher and reviewers about the important
of qualitative research.

I have published quantitative biomedical research linking heart rate to blood sugar, to
find a non-invasive method of evaluating blood sugar. Since the first article was published in
2006, which disseminated the research through international and regional biomedical engineering conference proceedings, the studies have triggered both intensive inquiries and additional
new research in this area.

Quantitative research provides the best science, but the outcomes may not empower
people with diabetes to deal with the daily management of the continuous challenges they face
with diabetes. More research must be completed that qualitatively adds to the body of knowledge that provides needed insight into what motivates and aids people to willingly change their
routines, to incorporate every aspect of diabetes self-care into their lives.

We all can agree how important initial adherence to recommendations by medical practitioners
is when preventing the myriad of unfortunate complications of diabetes.
Tertiary prevention is like attempting to put out a blazing fire in a forest while it is occurring,
rather than blowing out the match that started the devastation.

Diabetes Res Open J. 2017; 3(1): e9- e11. doi: 10.17140/DROJ-3-e010

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