Assignment: HLT 362 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. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Article Analysis: Example 1

  • Article Citation Utens, C. M. A., Goossens, L. M. A., van Schayck, O. C. P., Rutten-van Mölken, M. P. M. H., van Litsenburg, W., Janssen, A., … Smeenk, F.W., F. W. J. M. (2013).

Patient preference and satisfaction in hospital-at-home and usual hospital care for COPD exacerbations: Results of a randomized 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 EAD p-value .863 (p.1543)

Course Code             Class Code               Assignment Title    Total Points

HLT-362V                   HLT-362V-OL191       Article Analysis 1   120.0

Criteria Percentage

1: Unsatisfactory (0.00%)

2: Less Than Satisfactory (65.00%)

3: Satisfactory (75.00%)

4: Good (85.00%)

5: Excellent (100.00%)

Content 100.0%

Three Quantitative Articles

10.0% Fewer than three articles are presented. None of the articles presented use quantitative research.

N/A

Three articles are presented. Of the articles presented, only two articles are based on quantitative research.

N/A

Three articles are presented. All three articles are based on quantitative research.

Article Citation and Permalinks 2 10.0% Article citation and permalink are omitted. Article citation and permalink are presented. There are significant errors. Page numbers are not indicated to cite information, or the page numbers are incorrect.

Article citation and permalink are presented. Article citation is presented in APA format, but there are errors. Page numbers to cite information are missing, or incorrect, in some areas.

Article citation and permalink are presented. Article citation is presented in APA format.

Page numbers are used to cite information. There are minor errors.

Article citation and permalink are presented. Article citation is accurately presented in

APA format. Page numbers are accurate and used in all areas when citing information.

  • Broad Topic Area/Title 10.0%
  • Broad topic area and title are omitted.
  • Broad topic area and title are referenced but are incomplete.
  • Broad topic area and title are summarized. There are some minor inaccuracies. Broad topic area and title are presented. There are some minor errors, but the content overall is accurate.
  • Broad topic area and title are fully presented and accurate.
  • Independent and Dependent Variables and Type of Data for Variables 10.0%
  • Variable types and data for variables are omitted.
  • Variable types and data for variables are presented. There are major inaccuracies or omissions.
  • Variable types and data for variables are presented. There are inaccuracies.
  • Variable types and data for variables are presented. Minor detail is needed for accuracy.
  • Variable types and data for variables are presented and accurate.
  • Population of Interest for the Study 10.0%

Population of interest for the study is omitted. Population of interest for the study is presented. There are major inaccuracies or omissions. Population of interest for the study is presented. There are inaccuracies.

Population of interest for the study is presented. Minor detail is needed for accuracy.

Population of interest for the study is presented and accurate.

Sample 10.0%

Sample is omitted.

Sample is presented. There are major inaccuracies or omissions. Sample is presented.

There are inaccuracies.

  • Sample is presented. Minor detail is needed for accuracy.
  • Sample is presented and accurate.
  • Sampling Method 10.0%
  • Sampling method is omitted.
  • Sampling is presented. There are major inaccuracies or omissions.
  • Sampling is presented. There are inaccuracies.
  • Sampling is presented. Minor detail is needed for accuracy.
  • Sampling method is presented and accurate.
  • Descriptive Statistics (mean, median, mode; standard deviation) (Identify examples of descriptive statistics in the article.)
  • 10.0% Descriptive statistical examples from the article are omitted. There are major inaccuracies or omissions.

N/A

  • Descriptive statistical examples from the article are presented. There are some very minor inaccuracies or omissions.

N/A

  • Descriptive statistical examples from the article are presented and accurate.
  • Inferential Statistics (Identify examples of inferential statistics in the article.) 10.0% Inferential statistics examples from the article are omitted. There are major inaccuracies or omissions. 

N/A

  • Inferential statistical examples from the article are presented. There are some very minor inaccuracies or omissions.

N/A

  • Inferential statistical examples from the article are presented and accurate.

Re: Topic 2 DQ 1

  • Singh, K., & Sharma. N. (2020). Clinical and laboratory parameters correlation with complications and mortality in community acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 14(4), 26–30.

Singh and Sharma (2020) conducted a prospective study to find out the clinical and biochemical profile of patients admitted with the diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to see the association with various complications and outcomes. This study analyzed the various clinical and laboratory parameters and correlated with different outcomes in patients with CAP.

This was a prospective, observational hospital study held at the emergency and medicine ward at a tertiary hospital in India, between 2018 to 2019. The inclusion criteria for the study was patients over the age of 18 years with clinical signs and symptoms suggestive of pneumonia which was confirmed with radiological evidence of infiltrates consistent with consolidation. The sample size was 130 and the age of the participants ranged from 18-90 years.

The researchers found that early diagnosis, prompt severity scoring, early sepsis management and monitoring could reduce mortality in CAP (Singh & Sharma, 2020). Managing comorbid conditions such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and others need to be managed precisely to prevent adverse outcomes due to CAP.

The researchers calculated the sample size on the basis of 95% confidence level and 10% anticipated difference between detection rate of pneumonia, which is an appropriate way to calculate the sample size (Rayan, 2018). Though the sample size calculated was 116, a total of 130 were included to adjust dropouts during the study (Singh & Sharma, 2020).