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Mallory and a team of researchers undertook a study to test the
effects of a psychoeducational nursing intervention on posthospital
recovery outcomes following cardiac surgery. The intervention,
developed and refined on the basis of a pilot study, was tested in
four metropolitan hospitals with a sample of 370 patients. For
patients randomly assigned to the intervention group, standard care
was supplemented with in-hospital education on the physical and
emotional aspects of postsurgery recovery and with 8 weeks of
support through telephone follow-up contact. The control group
members received standard care only. Detailed notes were maintained
during observation of 10 of the in-hospital sessions in each
hospital to monitor how the treatment was delivered. The patient
outcomes of interest included the patients’ mood, quality of life,
physical functioning, and engagement in physical fitness activities
(e.g., walking) postdischarge. The structured instruments used to
measure these outcomes were administered at baseline (before the
intervention) and again at 2 months after discharge in the
patients’ homes at the end of the intervention. A subgroup of 24
patients in the intervention group was interviewed in depth at
hospital discharge and then again at 2 months after discharge to
elicit their reactions to the intervention and to the manner in
which the nurses delivered it.
Short-Answer
Questions
a. Could this study be considered a clinical trial? (Yes)
If yes, what phase trial would this most likely be?
b. Was this a secondary analysis?
c. Was this study a survey?
d. What is the basic research design for this study?
e. Was this a mixed methods study?
f. Would the appropriate notation for this study be
(1) QUAN à QUAL, (2) QUAL à quan, or (3) QUAN + qual?
g. Could the sampling for this study be described as
nested?