Search the GCU Library and find two new health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles from a previous assignment, or articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook.
Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis: Part 2” 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 2,” for an example of an article analysis.
Article Analysis: Example 2
Article Citation
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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. 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.)
Point
Description
Broad Topic
Area/Title
The differences in preference and satisfaction based upon hospital care location for
COPD exacerbations.
Define
Hypotheses
Hypothesis not stated. Below is an example from the study:
H0: There is no difference in satisfaction levels based upon treatment location.
H1: There is a difference in satisfaction levels based upon treatment locations.
Define
Variables and
Types of Data
Treatment Location – categorical – “home treatment” and “hospital treatment”
Satisfaction – Ordinal Scale (1-5)
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for Variables
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
Mixed methods; quantitative was randomized sampling
How Were Data A questionnaire with both open-ended questions and questions with a scale of 1-5 (p.
Collected?
1539)
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