HLT 362V Topic 2 Discussion 1
Select a research article, other than the articles from your assignments, from the GCU library. Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population. Evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling method selected.
Provide support for your answer. Include the article title and permalink in your post.
Answer
Patients’ beliefs about the cause of cardiac disease (perceived risk factors) as part of the global psychological presentation are influenced by patients’ health knowledge. This study aimed to assess the relationship between actual and perceived risk factors, identification of underestimated
risk factors, and indication of underestimation of every risk factor.
This is a cross-sectional study, data of 313 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients admitted to one hospital in the west of Iran were collected through a demographic interview, actual risk factors’ checklist, open single item of perceived risk factors, and a life stressful events
scale. Data were analyzed by means of Spearman's correlation coefficients and one-sample Z-test
for proportions.
Although there are significant relations between actual and perceived risk factors related to hypertension, family history, diabetes, smoking, and substance abuse ( P < 0.05), there is no relation between the actual and perceived risk factors, and patients underestimate the role of actual risk factors in disease. The patients underestimated the role of aging (98.8%), substance abuse (95.2%), overweight and obesity (94.9%), hyperlipidemia (93.1%), family history (90.3%), and hypertension (90%) more than diabetes (86.1%), smoking (72.5%), and stress (54.7%).
Select a research article, other than the articles from your assignments, from the GCU library. Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population. Evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling method selected.
Provide support for your answer. Include the article title and permalink in your post.
Answer
Patients’ beliefs about the cause of cardiac disease (perceived risk factors) as part of the global psychological presentation are influenced by patients’ health knowledge. This study aimed to assess the relationship between actual and perceived risk factors, identification of underestimated
risk factors, and indication of underestimation of every risk factor.
This is a cross-sectional study, data of 313 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients admitted to one hospital in the west of Iran were collected through a demographic interview, actual risk factors’ checklist, open single item of perceived risk factors, and a life stressful events
scale. Data were analyzed by means of Spearman's correlation coefficients and one-sample Z-test
for proportions.
Although there are significant relations between actual and perceived risk factors related to hypertension, family history, diabetes, smoking, and substance abuse ( P < 0.05), there is no relation between the actual and perceived risk factors, and patients underestimate the role of actual risk factors in disease. The patients underestimated the role of aging (98.8%), substance abuse (95.2%), overweight and obesity (94.9%), hyperlipidemia (93.1%), family history (90.3%), and hypertension (90%) more than diabetes (86.1%), smoking (72.5%), and stress (54.7%).
