Question

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 Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. C 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 : Results of a Controlled Trial," in conjunction with the "Article Analysis Example 1," for an example of an article analysis.

While is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented , which can be found in the Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Answer 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.

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Broad Topic Area/TitleThe 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 StudyCOPD 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 MethodA 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)