Article Analysis 1

The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.

For this assignment:

Search the GCU Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the "Article Analysis 1" template.

Refer to the "Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial," in conjunction with the "Article Analysis Example 1," for an example of an article analysis.

An example

Article Citation

Utens, C. M. A., Goossens, L. M. A., van Schayck, O. C. P., Rutten-van Mlken, M. P. M. H., van Litsenburg, W., Janssen, A., ... Smeenk, F. W. J. M. (2013). Patient preference and satisfaction in hospital-at-home and usual hospital care for COPD exacerbations: Results of a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50, 1537-1549. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.006

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23582671

(Include permalink for articles from GCU Library.)

Category

Description

Broad Topic Area/Title

The differences in preference and satisfaction based upon hospital care location for COPD exacerbations

Variables and Type of Data for the Variables

Treatment Location-categorical -"home treatment" and "hospital treatment"

Satisfaction - Ordinal Scale (1-5)

Preference - categorical "home treatment" and "hospital treatment"

Population of Interest for the Study

COPD exacerbation patients from five hospitals and three home care organizations

Sample

139 patients

69 from the usual hospital care group

70 from the early assisted discharge care group

Sampling Method

A randomized sampling method was used to select the patients who met the criteria for the study (p. 1540)

Descriptive Statistics (mean, median, mode; standard deviation)

Identify examples of descriptive statistics in the article.

Example descriptive statistics:

Usual hospital Age:

Mean: 67.8 Standard deviation: 11.30

Early assisted discharge Age:

Mean: 68.31 Standard deviation: 10.34(p. 1540)

Inferential Statistics

Identify examples of inferential statistics in the article.

Example of inferential statistics:

Overall satisfaction score: Tested difference between HC and EADp-value .863 (p. 1543)