In
this DB, you will continue with the example in Module One Discussion Board
(Medical
non-adherence in Elderly Patients Receiving Polypharmacy)
For this DB, you will identify both a psychosocial AND a physiological measurement
tool that
could be used to measure a concept in your area of interest. Post a
brief description of the two types of measurement tools in your group
discussion forum (one paragraph each). Identify support in the literature (can
be from your articles you are using for this DB post) for the reliability and
validity of the two types of tools and post a summary of the support (one
paragraph) in your group discussion forum. Criteria for the physiological
critique can be found in Gray and Grove,(2021) Chapter 16. Provide citations.
Must
include at least one citation related to your topic
For example (this is just an example),
the researcher decides to include temperature as a dependent variable (to
support CAUTI) and needs to identify a measurement method for temperature. The
researcher decides to use Bard Foley Catheters (Series 400 Temperature
Sensing). The author would Include a description of Bard Temperature Sensing
Foley Catheters (400 Series) from literature.
The researcher is also interested in
anxiety and will include anxiety in their study as a secondary research
question. What is the strength of the relationship between the length of foley
catheter insertion and anxiety in patients cared for in the critical care
environment? The researcher will measure anxiety using the Beck Anxiety
Inventory. The tool is a 21-question multiple-choice self-report
inventory that is used for measuring the severity of anxiety in
children and adults. The tool has shown high internal consistency (α =
.92) and test-retest reliability over 1 week, r(81)
= .75. The BAI discriminated anxious diagnostic groups (panic disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder, etc.) from non-anxious diagnostic groups (major
depression, dysthymic disorder, etc.). In addition, the BAI was moderately
correlated with the revised Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, r(150) = .51, and was only
mildly correlated with the revised Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, r(153) = .25. (PsycINFO
Database Record (c) 2016). The author would also note the reliability and
validity of the instruments used in the study.
Physiological tool: Bard Temperature Sensing Foley Catheter
(400 Series)
Psychosocial tool: Beck Anxiety Inventory
