¶ … experimental -- the specific design is Randomized Controlled Trial. This was not a cause-probing study but a correlational study. The type of question was related to therapy; it was a rigorous design because it utilized a control group.
The type of comparison called for in the research design was pretest-posttest. The comparison strategy was effective in illuminating key relationships, such as the strong correlation between one-on-one RN attention with patients and improved sense of well-being.
The study is unclear as to whether it was cross-sectional or longitudinal; one could interpret it as the former, assuming that measurements were taken at a single point in time; or one might assess it as the latter, assuming that measurements were conducted over a period of time of several months to a year. In either case, it is unclear what the number and timing of data collection points was and so it cannot be said if they were appropriate to the study or not. Common sense would suggest that the study is longitudinal, as that would seem most appropriate to the design.
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