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.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
ANSWER
Article Analysis 1
| Article Citation and Permalink (APA format) | Article 1
Zhao, R., Bu, W., & Chen, X. (2019). The efficacy and safety of exercise for prevention of fall-related injuries in older people with different health conditions, and differing intervention protocols: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC geriatrics, 19(1), 1-12 |
Article 2
Gaspar, A. C. M., Azevedo, R. C. D. S., Reiners, A. A. O., Mendes, P. A., & Segri, N. J. (2017). Factors associated with fall prevention practices in older adults. Escola Anna Nery, 21(2). |
Article 3
Konstantinos Tsaras, Ioanna V. Papathanasiou,1 Viktor Vus, Antigoni Panagiotopoulou, Maria Alexandra Katsou, Martha Kelesi, Evangelos C. Fradelos. Predicting Factors of Depression and Anxiety in Mental Health Nurses: A Quantitative CrossSectional Study. Med Arch. 2018 Feb; 72(1): 62–67. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.72.62-67 |
| Point | Description | Description | Description |
| Broad Topic Area/Title | The safety and efficacy of exercise for prevention of fall-related injuries in older adults. | The factors associated with fall prevention practices among older adults with differing health conditions. | The factors associated with depression and anxiety among mental health nurses. |
| Independent and Dependent Variables and Type of Data for the Variables | Dependent variable- Fall prevention and fall related injuries.
Independent – Exercises and intervention protocols |
The fall prevention practice was the dependent variable while the factors by older adults such as gender, age, education, living arrangements, socioeconomic status, mobility, cognitive impairment, knowledge about falls, depressed moods and health status were the independent variables. | The predicting factors of anxiety and depression were the independent variables while the mental health nurses were the dependent variables. |
| Population of Interest for the Study | The study focused on reduced risk of fall related injuries among older adults. | The study focuses on the factors linked with fall prevention practices among older adults. | The study focused on the factors of anxiety and depression amid mental health nurses that are working in the public psychiatric hospitals. |
| Sample | 25 randomized controlled trials. | 557 older adults attending 10 different family health units | 100 mental health nurses that were working in public psychiatric hospitals of Greece. |
| Sampling Method | A randomized sampling method was utilized to select the trials that met the inclusion criteria. | Stratified probabilistic sampling was used to select the older adult patients in every family health unit. | A stratified random sampling technique was used in the recruitment of samples in the two public psychiatric hospitals. |
| Descriptive Statistics (Mean, Median, Mode; Standard Deviation)
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Risk ratio (RR) 0.879 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.832-0.928] | Frequency of fall prevention practices was 35.7% (95% CI: 31.7-39.7).
Variables; Individual income (p = 0.039) gender (p = 0.004 and family income (p = 0.035).
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The mean total score of GAD-2 and PHQ-2 2.66 was 2.57 (SD = 1.90) (SD = 1.82) respectively.
Multivariate model (p=0.854) |
| Inferential Statistics
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Exercise related beneficial effects were substantial among old adults. Exercise only created a very low injury rate per participant year (0.002, 95% CI 0-0.05). | The occurrence of fall prevention practices was 35.7%. The frequency of fall prevention practices among the male older adults was greater than in the females (PR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.11-1.73). The health factors and sociodemographic factors associated with fall prevent were education, gender and self-assessment. | 52.7% of the mental health nurses and 48.2% were classified as depressed and anxious while factors found to be linked were marital status, age, working experience and educational level. |
