HLT 362 Article Analysis 1

Search the GCU Library and find three different healthcare articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the topic Resources or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis 1” template.

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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.

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 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)