Help me modify/construct my research title

[plethoraldork]

I am conducting a research study to determine the factors that affect the treatment outcomes among patients treated for multi drug-resistant tuberculosis and at the same time I want to identify the indirect effects of these factors. In addition, I would also like to categorize/classify the patients as successful and unsuccessful with regards to their treatment outcomes.

I am utilizing multiple regression to determine the factors, path analysis to identify the indirect effects of the factors involved and discriminant analysis to categorize the patients. The factors that I considered include: demographic factors, socioeconomic factors, patient related factors and co-morbidities.

I am having a hard time constructing my research title since I have a couple of dependent variables involved in my study. If you can help me construct my research title or give any advice, I would appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

[llg, PhD, RN]

It sounds to me as if you want to include EVERYTHING in your title -- and that just makes a mess in a big, complex study. I recommend focusing on the general term "factors" for the title.

Something like "Factors Affecting Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Multi-drug Resistent Tuberculosis." Yes, you are going to look at a variety of different aspects of those factors ... but you can't put all the details in the title. The title is just the major heading.

[plethoraldork]

thank you llg for that comment. i am thinking it would be a total mess too if i include all these three in my title. but would it be ok if my title would just state about the factors like what you recommend but i will include in my study not just mainly the factors but also its indirect effects and the classification of the patient?

[llg, PhD, RN]

I wouldn't be "wrong," but I don't see how you could word it in a way that wouldn't be too long and convoluted. The goal is to keep your title "tight" -- short and clear enough for people to grasp the topic and be attracted to reading it.

[FLmed]

I wouldn't be "wrong," but I don't see how you could word it in a way that wouldn't be too long and convoluted. The goal is to keep your title "tight" -- short and clear enough for people to grasp the topic and be attracted to reading it.

Agree! You can go into more details with your abstract and then the paper/study itself.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

If you're thinking ahead to publishing the search engines will look at your abstract for key words anyway. You don't need to restate your whole paper in the title. I like IIg's suggestion.

[plethoraldork]

thank you for all your answers. i appreciate it