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Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Running head: GUIDED REVIEW OF NOMINATED LITERATURE1Guided Review of Nominated LiteratureStudent’s nameInstitution
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GUIDED REVIEW OF NOMINATED LITERATURE2Guided review of nominated literature1.Background of the study (Total: 10 marks) a.What is the health issue that provides the focus of this study?The health issue under study was self- management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by patients to decrease the incidents of admissions in hospitals. Proper self-management of COPD can reduce the incidences of hospital admission among patients and outcomes of COPD. COPD patients usually are the first to recognize any changes in their state and therefore it is important that they notice when there is an exacerbation so that they can take appropriate actions.b.Generally, what have been the results of previous studies of this issue?Earlier research on the issue of what defines an exacerbation and how patients recognize them in COPD has still not been concluded. One research which has been criticized for poor quality of the research methods suggested that the patients do not understand the meaning of exacerbations though the findings indicated that the patients were aware of impending exacerbations. The fact that exacerbations have been previously well-defined as an experience that is subjective has contributed to its ambiguous definition. A current meta-synthesis gave an enhanced meaning of exacerbation by analysing qualitative literature though the research focused on how the exacerbations were experienced instead of how the exacerbations were identified by the COPD patients.c.What is the significance of this study?Research into this area is significant because knowledge of the way in which patients identify and assess an exacerbation in COPD enables appropriate self-management practices and
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GUIDED REVIEW OF NOMINATED LITERATURE3reduces the incidences of readmission in hospitals due to an exacerbation. The patients will be able to identify the exacerbations early enough and successful treatment done at home. 2.Overview of research design (Total: 10 marks)a.What was the aim of the research?The aim or the research was to investigate how COPD patients assessed and managed exacerbations at home. b.What research design was used? The research used qualitative grounded theory design. c.Describe the main characteristics of the research design identified.In grounded theory the researchers collect data, identifies and connects categories in the data, and use the findings to develop a theory. Additionally, grounded theory represents a sequence of relations among individuals and events related to a certain subject (Erford, 2015). Furthermore, data collection is usually done simultaneously with data analysis in grounded theory approach (Groat and Wang, 2013).d.How did the research design chosen meet the aim(s) of the study?Grounded theory approach enabled the researchers understand how the participants assessed and managed exacerbations hence enabling them develop a theory of how exacerbationsare assessed and managed by COPD patients at home (Mediani, 2017).3.Sampling (Total: 15 marks)a.What were the characteristics of the participants in this study? Forty- four patients, both male and female aged between 55 and 85 years participated in the study. The participants were also those experiencing severe COPD ranging from GOLD stage
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