GCU Article Analysis 2: Quantitative Healthcare Research

This assignment presents an analysis of two healthcare articles employing quantitative research methodologies. The first article, "Do Patients Value Nutritional Therapy? A Quantitative Study in Type-2 Diabetes Patients," investigates the awareness of dietary adherence among diabetic patients, defining the independent variable as dietary adherence and the dependent variable as dietary intake. The second article, "Training Nursing Skills: A Quantitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences before and after Clinical Practice," examines nursing students' experiences, with clinical practice as the independent variable and student perception as the dependent variable. The analysis includes the identification of hypotheses, variables, populations of interest, sampling methods, and data collection techniques for both articles, providing a comprehensive overview of the research designs and findings. The assignment adheres to APA formatting guidelines for citations and academic writing.

Article Analysis 2
Article Citation
and Permalink
(APA format)
Article 1
Pinto, E., Braz, N., Nascimento, T., &
Gomes, E. (2017). Do patients value
nutritional therapy? A quantitative
study in type-2 diabetes
patients. International Journal of
Diabetes and Clinical
Research, 4(2), 1-6. DOI:
10.23937/2377-3634/1410079
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijdcr/
international-journal-of-diabetes-
and-clinical-research-ijdcr-4-
079.pdf
Article 2
Solvik, E., & Struksnes, S. (2018). Training
Nursing Skills: A Quantitative Study
of Nursing Students’ Experiences
before and after Clinical
Practice. Nursing research and
practice, 2018. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/898402
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https://www.hindawi.com/journals/nrp/
2018/8984028/
Point Description Description
Broad Topic
Area/Title
Do Patients Value Nutritional Therapy? A
Quantitative Study in Type2 Diabetes
Patients
Training Nursing Skills: A Quantitative Study
of Nursing Students’ Experiences before and
after Clinical Practice
Define Hypotheses No Hypothesis reported in the study,
H0= The patients are aware of
importance of dietary adherence in
diabetes.
H1= The patients are not aware of
importance of dietary adherence in
diabetes.
No Hypothesis reported in the study,
H0= The age of the nursing student has
no association with facilitation of
transition experiences.
H1= The age of the nursing student has
critical association with facilitation of
transition experiences and should be
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Define
Independent and
Dependent
Variables and
Types of Data for
Variables
Independent: Dietary Adherence in Diabetes
Dependent: Dietary Intake
Independent Variable: Clinical practice
Dependent Variable: Student’s perception
Population of
Interest for the
Study
Patients with type-2 diabetes Nursing Students
Sample 62 diabetic patients 160 nursing Students
Sampling Method Non-random sampling Convenience sampling
How Were Data
Collected?
Semi-structure Interview Questionnaire coded with numbers
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