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¶ … quasi-randomly selected population, tests it under laboratory conditions using a reliable instrument to do so, and uses statistical data to assess results.
There is little reliable and consistent data existent on women's prodromal symptoms before acute myocardial infarction (AMI) rendering diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women a challenging task. The problem statement in this study is relevant to nursing in that accurate description of women's prodromal and acute symptoms of CHD is crucial in providing a clear presentation of the situation. Researchers, accordingly, set out to determine the most frequent prodromal symptoms of AMI as well as to identify how these symptoms related to CHD risk factors and to determine whether prodromal symptoms were predictive of AMI condition.
The main variables in this study are independent variable -- prodromal symptoms, Dependent variable - acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Control factors were risk factors that may have been involved in prodromal symptoms.
The study design used here is a longitudinal survey prospective cohort design where a certain cohort was surveyed to assess...
This was also a correlations study in the sense that prodromal symptoms were investigated to assess correlation and extent of correlation with AMI. The design is adequately described in the article in order to permit replication of the study; where necessary, researchers refer readers to related studies.
This is the best design for the study in that a certain cohort is required to meet the requirements of the study and a reliable instrument used to accurately assess prodromal and acute symptoms of AMI.
The population sample was a convenience one -- 515 women diagnosed with AMI - acquired from 5 different sites in Arkansas. Women were 93% white, high school educated (54%) and mean age 66 years old with 489 individuals reporting prodromal symptoms.
Inclusion symptoms were women diagnosed with AMI and that the respondent be cognitively able to participate, speak English, and have telephone access. Exclusion criteria were deficiency of these requirements. Accurate survey results demanded understanding of the questions and ability to communicate hence skewed outcome may have been achieved by lack…
Finally, implications of this study for nursing practice are that accurately describing the women's prodromal and acute symptoms of CHD is crucial in providing a clear presentation of the situation. Lack of this can result in inaccurate diagnosis and cause women to delay in seeking treatment.
Refrences
McSweeney, J. et al. (2010). Racial differences in women's prodromal and acute symptoms of myocardial infarction. Amer Jour of Crit Care,19(1), 63-73.
Eveland's research design is quasi-experimental. The sample populations for the experiment are not randomly selected. There is structure to the experiment with more than one form of measurement during the research process. Quasi-experimental design includes multiple groups and multiple waves of measurement. While there were not a significant number of groups in the experiment, there was more than one. At more than one point in the experiment, measurements were
The strengths of this design are related to the ease of application and usage. The design of the survey was easy to administer and self explanatory. While the weakness was related to the willingness of the participant to Chapter Three 5 participate complete the survey and provide truthful responses. An additional weakness is relative to the age group that was present for the survey and their relationship to the use of
66). Furthermore, social software will only increase in importance in helping organizations maintain and manage their domains of knowledge and information. When networks are enabled and flourish, their value to all users and to the organization increases as well. That increase in value is typically nonlinear, where some additions yield more than proportionate values to the organization (McCluskey and Korobow, 2009). Some of the key characteristics of social software applications
Fundamentally, hygiene factors are required to make sure a worker is not dissatisfied. Motivation factors are desired to motivate a worker to higher performance. Herzberg also further classified peoples actions and how and why they do them, for instance, if one performs a work related action because they have to then that is ranked as movement, but if one performs a work related action because they want to then that
……Pre-diabetes and Diabetes Early Awareness Education and Its Effects on BMISubmitted by:Nancy L. Gee Comment by Pamela Love: Looks like an interesting project, Nancy.Very good start! Be sure whenever you submit your manuscript that you change wording from �study� to �project� and avoid referring to the project as research. Review carefully for grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, format, or APA errors. Pay close attention to the reviewer�s comments as you continue
Overall, 8% from the control group completed testing and counseling versus 23% from the intervention group, which is a "modest increase" according to the researchers. None of those who completed testing was positive for HIV. With the results controlled for race/ethnicity, i.e., meaning, within the same race/ethnic group, the turnout from the incentive-driven group was significantly higher than the control group. It was also found that whether or not they