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Capella University
NURS-FPX5005: Managing Health Information & Technology
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September 23rd, 2024
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Publication Critique
This article examines how combining results from qualitative and quantitative studies is important in the contemporary nursing care context to develop comprehensive, and effective care maps. Quantitative research has qualitative and measurable outcomes providing statistical evidence regarding the efficacies of the treatments and outcomes. In contrast, quantitative examine the dynamics of the experiences and beliefs of patients and personnel elaborating the understanding of the complex processes (Richards et al., 2019). Able, objective data that shed light on the efficacy of treatments and results. Qualitative research, on the other hand, investigates the subjective experiences and viewpoints of patients and healthcare professionals, enhancing our comprehension of intricate phenomena (Richards et al., 2019). In this assessment, both a quantitative and a qualitative nursing research paper will be discussed emphasizing the techniques used, conclusions drawn, and implications of the research papers. From these works, one may get some idea of how various sorts of research methodologies facilitate the advancement of the practice of nursing and enhance the patients’ results.
Quantitative Research Study
Strengths of Quantitative Research
Quantitative research is well-known for its scholarly rigidity and systematic approach to generating data. There are strategies applied to minimize the level of bias and confounding factors in an RCT for the improvement of internal validity. Random assigns are applied to RCTs to manage confounding factors, for instance, making it easy to attribute the outcomes directly to the intervention ( Rosen et al., 2019). This pure, non-tribadic information that the sound design offers users about the likelihood of interventions underpins evidence-based practice. Besides, in the quantitative method, statistical measures are employed when assessing outcomes as well as specific findings that are considered significant. It gives research results as to the relationship of the variables and the effectiveness of the applied therapies. In general, the practicality of the findings of quantitative research increases with sample size.
Weaknesses of Quantitative Research
This is especially so because there are limited concerns that can be associated with a reduced ability to grasp concepts on the part of those interpreting quantitative-based research outcomes. It can usually evaluate the efficiency of an intervention but may not always examine how or in what way contextual factors affect this efficiency (Laukka et al., 2020). This may lead to few conclusions being made concerning the effectiveness of the intervention without regard to some practical aspects.
Two more concerns that are related to the challenges are measurement and data gathering issues. The quality of the data-gathering instruments significantly influences the quantitative indications of the research. Misinterpretation or inaccurate performing of measures or entries may appear and affect the credibility of the study.
Knowledge Gaps and Areas of Uncertainty
The kind of research that can be quantified focuses more on near effects than far ones, showing that some impacts are overlooked. For instance, in studies, a drug may appear to be effective in the first few weeks but its efficiency in the long term or side effects of the drug are not mentioned. It is, however, possible to partially offset this shortcoming by subsequent systematic examination of participants’ lives and experiences after the interventional consequence of the study at different phases of the life cycle (Renjith et al., 2021). Furthermore, since quantitative research depends on numerical data some qualitative elements for example the questionnaires from patients may be left out. Also, the perception of therapy by patients, especially adopting the concept of experience and satisfaction as advocated in this study may enable the assessment of how these therapies impact the quality of people’s lives.
Ethical Implications of Quantitative Research
Quantitative research concerning patient care has to consider some important ethical concerns that are involved. Informed consent means participants state that they understand the goals, potential costs, and benefits of a specific study allowing them to make rational decisions voluntarily (Brown et al., 2021). To ensure that privacy and confidentiality are maintained, there is a need for scholars to ensure that health data is protected from reverse address identification. To prevent injury the study plan should not have any contingent risks; a thorough risk analysis should be conducted; and any perceived advantages should outweigh the risks as much as possible.
As is required by the principles mentioned in equity which state that no community should be overburdened with the unfair outcome of a study or deprived of the opportunity to benefit from the study, the first step in ethical consideration is to prevent unfair treatment of participants, especially in different communities (Brown et al., 2021).).
Significance of a Research Problem in a Quantitative Study
Possible ways of assessing the significance of a quantitative study about the research problem include an examination of the overall effect and topicality of the study. Minh-Huong research needs to be meaningful, for example, in locating effective pain management strategies after surgery, facilitating the length of stay, and enhancing patient satisfaction with the offered services (Remberk et al., 2020). Quantitative research guarantees the use of the right methods to enhance and advance treatment plans by producing numerical figures. Scientific knowledge of a new approach to control a certain type of pain may contribute to a greater degree of patient satisfaction in terms of the result and the effectiveness of the system. Additionally, quantitative research is the only way that will generate new information and enable policy-making.
Such information is crucial for the creation of therapeutic schedules and health legislation that grants the required care (Lekan et al., 2021). In addition, this kind of research can assist in the correct distribution of finances by providing evidence that new treatments that are still expensive will shortly begin paying for themselves.
Evaluation and Improvement of Quantitative Research for Patient Care Decision-Making
It is critical to evaluate a quantitative research study’s potential to provide reliable and utilitarian data to foster a clinical process by which patients’ health care will be enhanced to make sound decisions. To make clinical judgments that support evidence-based therapy, quantitative quantitative data from quantitative research like the RCTs are necessary. For example, an RCT could concern a new strategy in the management of pain in such a manner that the physician distinguishes between the existing possible treatments (Raby et al., 2021). As mentioned above, there are various methods of enhancing the importance of quantitative research.
Although group therapy has the potential of utilizing data with long-term follow-up to investigate the maintainability of therapy outcomes, patient-perceived outcomes can be used as a patient’s assessment of the therapy outcomes throughout the process (Seibert et al., 2021). In addition, the impact of the outcomes’ reliability can be increased by considering the cultural or socioeconomic background of a child or a student. Although the lesser bias and the enhanced generalizability of the results reduce the quality of the methods used could adjust to the lesser degree of randomization and the minimization of the confounding factors.
Qualitative Research Study
Strengths of qualitative research study
The procedures of investigation and characterization of complicated processes and the implicated participant experiences, insights, and intentions are two task types that correspond to the asserted needs of qualitative investigations. It gathers big narratives on how patients with chronic diseases treat themselves and engage with healthcare organizations using focus groups and interviews (De Wet et al., 2023). When the numerical method is used, what can be concealed, and existing issues and viewpoints can be solved with its help. Also, because of the characteristics of qualitative research, procedures of the research can be adjusted according to the responses of participants for the enhancement of the importance and quality of the data.
Thus, the great emphasis on context and relevance is one of the benefits again (Brown et al., 2021). Observable information gathering, as real-world based, can potentially provide significant information about how particular cultural conditions or other factors impact health behaviors.
Weaknesses of qualitative research study
This type of research problem can emerge because of human interference from the researcher during the research process The other problem with qualitative research. In other words, because quantitative data is organization-subjective, the conclusions of the researchers may not be the same as the conclusions of the participants. Thirdly, the field is still very young, and so there is not a large amount of research available in the literature at present (Cantrell, et al., 2022). However, the small number of participants may at times limit the generalization of the results. For instance, those who are afflicted with a particular disease may not have to work hard once they understand the meaning of the subset focus group.
Identified Knowledge Gaps and Areas for Improvement
These gaps should be filled up by better types of validation like member validation in the research process. T.U. This is because mixed-method research affords more credibility to studies than quantitative or solely qualitative data collection approaches (Falcó et al., 2021). It is here possible to achieve the comparison and integration of the qualitative and quantitative outcomes. However, it has to be pointed out that this may indeed be helpful because it improves external validity or the applicability of results to many individuals and or circumstances.
Ethical Implications of Qualitative Research
A discussion of ethical issues is crucial as it establishes the rationale of the socially sensitive material that is elicited through qualitative research. On the other hand, written or “on-paper” informed consent is even more effective in ensuring that participants in a study fully understand the goals, procedures, and consequences of participating or deciding not to participate in research (Nilsson et al., 2022). Initiators’ rights are usually required to be considered; the participants should be allowed to leave at any one particular time without being penalized. Confidentiality and secrecy are paramount more so because details and even the identity of the person are at stake.
Thus, to ensure the participant is in good condition, one has to check on the psychology and emotion of the participant to ensure the participant does not get an injury while conducting the interviews on sensitive topics (Nilsson et al., 2022). Besides, researchers should: incorporate power concerns, avoid exploiting vulnerable populations, and treat participants as partners. After conducting the study and reaching the conclusion, the researchers are required to ensure that none of the gains or losses prejudice any of the other groups in a way that compromises justice and equality. Indeed, throughout the research process, researchers need to screen the context for new emerging ethical threats and adapt their procedures to keep ethics.
Significance of a Research Problem in a Qualitative Research Study
A study problem provides the kind of focused, detailed perspective on issues that become almost lost in the addition of the quantitative layer (Renjith et al., 2021). Like many other human behaviors, many quantitative research methods provide more specific approaches to the identification of how people can go on living with their illnesses and engaging the help of health professionals. Quantitative study for instance can look at any other specific communication issues that seem to have escaped the limelight.
That is why it is also crucial for the construction of culturally acceptable treatments because it shows how cultural beliefs determine the health activity and how one may steer the process of creating modes of intervention culturally approved. It also helps in figuring out missing pieces. For instance, in one society, persons with odd but exotic diseases get no assistance from any service-giving firm; hence, long-term solutions can always be started. In this way, the patient’s choice and his/her point of view contribute to the conception of patient-centered treatment and promote policy.
Evaluation and Improvement of Qualitative Research for Patient Care Decision-Making
Qualitative research collects certain type of information that are often omitted in quantitative research for instance; patient experiences, decisions, and circumstances. Data from focused groups and case interviews can help physicians fine-tune therapies in response to patients’ evaluations of situations, communications with providers, and seemingly rational decisions to choose between options (Waterfield et al., 2022). For instance, one can learn what modification is needed in the therapy course from the success and failure of a recently developed pain management program from the patient’s point of view (Nielsen et al., 2022).
Thus, qualitative research may complement quantitative research findings offering longer and more detailed descriptions of patients’ care, and therefore enhance their usefulness for patient care management. Therefore the higher diversity and range of the transcripts strengthens the validity argument and validating measures such as member checking will enhance the dependable non-biased and accurate portrayal of patient experience.
NURS FPX 5005 Assessment 2 Conclusion
Based on the comparison of the qualitative and quantitative research articles, it can be said that each type will yield different but complementary results. Although there is a rich contextualized and detailed understanding of patients from qualitative evidence, quantitative research compares the effectiveness of the interventions in numerate meaningful values (Molina et al., 2020). All of these combined make further contributions to a pool of wealth, and comprehensive data that helps enrich the nursing intercessions and patient well-being. Both types are vital to the synthesis of patient care assessment and the integration of research findings in developing patient-centered protocols or processes.
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