A Comparative Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Research on the Effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs for Adults with Psychiatric Conditions

Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, and One Associated Research Critique (Quantitative or Qualitative)

Topic:

Exploring the effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs in decreasing hospital readmission rates, increasing medication compliance and improving long-term outcomes and quality of life in adults with psychiatric conditions. Topic:

Exploring the effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs in decreasing hospital readmission rates, increasing medication compliance and improving long-term outcomes and quality of life in adults with psychiatric conditions.

PICO Question;

In adults with mental health conditions (P) that are not compliant with medication therapy and are not showing psychiatric improvement, how does a partial hospitalization program (I) versus standard outpatient care (C) affect compliance, long-term patient outcomes, and hospital readmission rates?

Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, and One Associated Research Critique (Quantitative or Qualitative)

Access to research articles through the library: The library has many journal databases that will be useful in this assignment as well as throughout your graduate program and professional career. Many of these databases have links to full-text journal articles and most have abstracts of journal articles that you can print out that will help you write your papers. Examples of these databases are CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, ERIC, and HaPI. Many of these journal databases are restricted to only FIU faculty and students.

How do you access restricted databases from home? Use the 14-digit number on the back of your FIU One ID card. Before you can access restricted databases from home, you MUST have a valid government issued ID card and Panther ID number to obtain a photo FIU One ID Card, call UPC 305-348-3910 or BBC, 305-919-5406 to obtain the “walk-in” photo ID hours; the photo ID offices are located at MMC, PG-1 100 and on the BBC, WUC 143.

Once you obtain your FIU One ID card, go to the FIU Library websiteLinks to an external site.. When you access the Library’s home page, click on Off-Campus Access. The link provides instructions on how to access the restricted library databases. Follow the instructions, and if you are not able to connect from off-campus, you may need to activate your library number. The Green Library is the main library at FIU. The best place for assistance is the Reference Desk. The personnel will help you find journals and/or books so you can copy articles and book pages (copiers are available). You can use any of the computers located in the library to do searches. In order to check out materials (such as books), you will need your FIU One ID card.

If you need additional resources to find a full-text nursing research article, please contact either Barbara Sorondo, the Health Sciences Librarian, her telephone number is 305-348-2415 and email is [email protected], or Sarah J. Hammill Distance Learning Librarian at Florida International University [email protected] telephone: 305-919-5604

Two components of this assignment:

1. Discussion of the Differences Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Please provide a discussion/explanation to the 7 following essay questions with references included in your answer and with strict APA format:

1. How does a research problem/question guide the determination to conduct a quantitative versus a qualitative research study?

2. Discuss the value of using a conceptual framework or theory (grand or mid-range) to guide a quantitative research study.

3. Address the debate of the appropriateness of using of a conceptual framework or theory to guide a qualitative research study.

4. What specific types of research designs are used in quantitative research?

5. What specific types of designs are used in qualitative research?

6. What are differences in determining sample size between quantitative and qualitative research studies?

7. Discuss the difference in methods of data analysis for quantitative research versus qualitative research studies.

8. Discuss methods of insuring scientific rigor of quantitative research studies.

9. Discuss the methods for insuring scientific rigor of qualitative research studies.

10. Discuss the difference in generalizability based on quantitative or qualitative research.

2. Research Critique either one Quantitative or one Qualitative Research Study from the research studies related to your group’s Evidence-based Project.

Directions for the research critique:

1. For this assignment, please retrieve and review one (1) published research articles (Either one quantitative or one qualitative study) related to the Evidence-Based Research Clinical Question of Interest. Use one of our Library Databases such as CINAHL or Medline

Use a research article published within the last 7 years. Do not use textbooks, opinion articles, commentaries, case studies, or literature review articles.

The research article must be referenced in strict accordance with the APA format.

· Author(s), Date, Title of Article. Journal, Volume #, Issue #, Page Numbers.

Note: Please follow APA format closely. Remember that the title of articles and books are lower-cased except for the first word or after a colon (:). Also, remember that Journal names are capitalized and italicized and that book titles are also italicized.

Use the specific critique guidelines presented in Polit and Beck (2016) for quantitative or qualitative studies found on pages 102-109.

1. Please provide the headers and the questions identified in Polit and Beck so that it is easy to follow in grading your paper.

2. Answer each critique question, section by section.

3. Provide specific information from the article itself as you discuss and critique these studies so that I can understand the details from the study.

4. Do not just answer “Yes” or “No” to the question but make critical comments about the research components of each study.

5. In each section of the critique, you are to identify the strengths and weaknesses, presenting your own rationale (positive and negative critique comments) about the value of this research.

Notes to Clarify:

You are to critique either one Quantitative or one Qualitative research study based on the research topic as decided upon by your research group for the Evidence-based Assignment Project. Each individual group member will have critiqued one research article that the group will use for the “Appraisal of Evidence” section of the EBP project. Dr. Fenkl will have provided feedback on your individual critiques in this current assignment. You will incorporate Dr. Fenkl’s feedback when the group writes the final version of the Appraisal of Evidence, particularly in the summary of the quality and strengths of the research in the Evidence-Based Group Assignment.