Examining Healthcare-Related Articles: Article Analysis

This assignment analyzes two healthcare-related articles. The first article, by Burns et al. (2001), investigates the effectiveness of home treatment for mental health problems compared to hospital treatment, examining hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, population of interest (people with psychotic disorders), sampling methods (comparative analysis), and data collection methods (questionnaires and existing studies). The second article, by Allen et al. (2009), focuses on the effectiveness of integrated care pathways (ICPs) for adults and children in healthcare settings, addressing similar aspects of research design. Both articles are systematically reviewed to understand their methodologies and findings. The assignment also includes an example article by Utens et al. (2013) on patient preference and satisfaction in hospital-at-home and usual hospital care for COPD exacerbations, highlighting variables like treatment location and satisfaction levels.

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Article 1
Burns, T., Knapp, M., Catty, J.,
Healey, A., Henderson, J.,
Watt, H., & Wright, C.
(2001). Home treatment for
mental health problems: a
systematic review. Health
Technology Assessment
(Winchester, England), 5(15),
1-139.
Article 2
Allen, D., Gillen, E., & Rixson, L.
(2009). The effectiveness of
integrated care pathways for
adults and children in health
care settings: a systematic
review. JBI Database of
Systematic Reviews and
Implementation Reports, 7(3),
80-129.
Point Description Description
Broad Topic
Area/Title
This article investigates how effective
home treatment is in dealing with
problems associated with mental
health based on cost-effectiveness
This article is aimed at identifying the
purpose of Integrated Care Pathways
(ICPs) are effective and the purpose in
which they are not effective as well as

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and hospitalization. The article
focuses only on the services that
make it possible for patients to be
treated away from hospital by
remaining completely at their homes.
It excludes studies that are focused on
residential, day and foster care.
recommending the way ICPs are
supposed to be fully utilized within the
healthcare setup. ICPs include
management technologies that
formalize multi-disciplinary team
working hence enabling professionals
to not only examine the way they
articulate their roles but also address
them. They plot out the journey
patients undergo as well as aiming at
having the right personnel handling
the right task at the appropriate time.
Define Hypotheses A hypothesis can be defined as a
tentative statement regarding the
relationship existing between two or
more variables. It is a testable
prediction regarding what one
This study assesses the hypothesis that
integrated care pathways for adults
and children are effective within the
healthcare setting and integrated care
pathways for adults and children are

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expects to take place within a study.
This study is designed to assess the
hypothesis that there is more
effectiveness in home treatment of
mental health challenges than
hospital treatment and treatment of
mental health challenges that is
home-based is less effective than
hospital treatment.
not effective within the healthcare
setting.
Define
Independent and
Dependent
Variables and
Types of Data for
Variables
Independent variable is a variable
that can be controlled in an
experiment while the dependent
variable is the variable being
measured. In this case, the
independent variable is home
treatment while the dependent
The independent variable in this study
us the integrated healthcare pathways
while the dependent variables are
adults and children

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variable is mental health problems.
The population of
Interest for the
Study
In this study, the population of
interest was people with psychotic
disorders
The population of interest in this study
is adults and children that have access
to healthcare setting that practice the
use of ICPs.
Sample The sample size included 91 people The study explored a total of 4055
papers where 31 of the papers were
retrieved to undergo further
evaluation. 9 papers were critically
appraised which represented 7 studies.
Sampling Method The sampling methods used in this
study were comparative analysis
which mainly compared experimental
to control service. It examined the
available studies by testing for
relationship amid service components
JBI critical appraisal checklist for
studies of experiment was used in
sampling the data in this study. This
appraisal was mainly focused on the
validity and reliability of the methods
used in the study as well as its

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and the difference observed in
hospital days. Experimental service
analysis investigated the
experimental service data only as
well as testing for the relationship
between the service components in
relation to hospital days.
findings. Based on the heterogeneity
of the study, it was not possible to
include meta-analysis or quantitative
synthesis.
How Were Data
Collected?
In this study data was collected using
questionnaires, the existing studies
were also reviewed. Questionnaires
were mainly used in doing follow-
ups.
This study mainly used secondary
data. The data was collected from
existing studies.
References

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Allen, D., Gillen, E., & Rixson, L. (2009). The effectiveness of integrated care pathways for adults and children in health care settings:
a systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 7(3), 80-129. Retrieved from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27820426
Burns, T., Knapp, M., Catty, J., Healey, A., Henderson, J., Watt, H., & Wright, C. (2001). Home treatment for mental health
problems: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment (Winchester, England), 5(15), 1-139. Retrieved from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11532236