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A 10 page paper analyzing a quasiexperimental quantitative study of the effects of therapeutic massage on patient outcomes in patients hospitalized with cancer. The paper addresses validity, scientific rigor, sampling, ethics and other research concerns. The researchers have provided a study that is reliable and valuable, even though it is not large enough to be statistically significant. The results indicate that increased workloads for nurses that preclude the ability to provide therapeutic massage may create false economy when weighed against patient outcomes. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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is the case with healthcare in general, research into nursing methods and approaches is evolving into newer forms that challenge definitions that have existed for decades. In "Outcomes of
Therapeutic Massage for Hospitalized Cancer Patients," Smith, Kemp, Hemphill and Vojir (2002) report on a study that contains qualitative elements, but nonetheless is a quantitative investigation. Creswells (2003) definition
justifies assessing this work as being a quantitative analysis. He writes, A quantitative approach is one in which the investigator primarily uses postpositivist claims for developing knowledge (i.e.,
cause and effect thinking, reduction to specific variables and hypotheses and questions, use of measurement and observation, and the test of theories), employs strategies of inquiry such as experiments and
surveys, and collects data on predetermined instruments that yield statistical data (Creswell, 2003; p. 18). A study that contains both quantitative and qualitative
elements also could qualify as being defined as resulting from mixed methods, but this Smith, et al. (2002) research does not meet the requirements of a mixed-methods study as defined
by Creswell (2003). Such a study would rely on theory far more heavily than does the study under analysis here. Problem Statement
Smith, et al. (2002) do not highlight a specific problem statement, but rather present a research question used to establish a framework in which they would design their investigation.
"The research question was: What are the effects of therapeutic massage on outcomes of pain, symptom distress, subjective sleep quality, and anxiety for people hospitalized to receive treatment for cancer"
(Smith, et al., 2002; p. 257)? The problem that the study was conducted to resolve is that of discovering the relative value of nurse-administered therapeutic massage. This knowledge
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