HLT-362V-RS2-ArticleAnalysisExample-13.docx

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. 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 Studies, 50, 1537–1549. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.006
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23582671

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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 (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

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)

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