Article Analysis 1

Article Citation and Permalink

(APA format)

Kılıç, Z., Karadağ, S., & Tutar, N. (2023). The effect of progressive relaxation exercises on dyspnea and anxiety levels in individuals with COPD: A randomized controlled trial.  Holistic Nursing Practice,  37(1), E14–E23. https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000563

Link: https://oce-ovid-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/article/00004650-202301000-00010/HTML

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Criteria

Description

Broad Topic Area/Title

Determine the effect of PREs (Progressive Relaxation Exercises) on dyspnea and anxiety in patients with COPD.

Variables and Type of Data for Each Variable

PRE intervention categorical treatment versus control groups

MBS (Modified Borg Scale) - Ordinal

MRC Dyspnea (Medical Research Council) - Ordinal

BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory) – Ordinal

Population of Interest for the Study

Patients with COPD and anxiety.

Sample

44 patients

22 in either the treatment group or the control group

Sampling Method

A randomized sampling method was used to choose patients that met the criteria of the study.

Descriptive Statistics (Mean, Median, Mode; Standard Deviation)

Identify examples of descriptive statistics in the article.

Pretest mean MBS of patients in the intervention group 3.91 ± 1.51

Posttest mean MBS of patients in the intervention group 3.50 ±1.63

Pretest mean MBS of patients in the control group 2.36 ±0.49

Posttest mean MBS of patients in the control group 2.23 ±0.69

Pretest mean BAI score of patients in the intervention group 23.81 ± 5.70

Posttest mean BAI score of patients in the intervention group 13.55 ± 5.62

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