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Research Methodology
The researcher chose both qualitative and quantitative research methods to recruit the samples, collection of data, and analyzing data. The research includes patients and caregivers in the emergency department of public hospitals in the Northern Border Province. A margin of 5% and a 95% level of confidence is allowed. The researcher decides to use different methods of research on the patient and caregivers.
Recruiting
A total of 250 patients were identified to have been successfully discharged from accidents and emergency department sections in different hospitals in Northern Border Province. There were no randomized trials as the criteria for patient selection were determined by checkup return dates given by the hospital. The research committee prepared 250 paper questionnaires and expected 150 well-filled questionnaires to provide sufficient information for the research. The samples for the study are specific with an equal number of men and women to ensure the representation of the general population to reduce bias. The researcher is expected to obtain verbal consent on the patient’s acceptance to fill their questionnaire. The nurses and the physicians are also required to give relevant information concerning the state and improvements needed in general emergency departments in various hospitals. The health care professionals are selected for interview based on convenience and their availability. The staff on duty during the research day meet eligibility criteria for the selection of the research for the study.
Data Collection
The selected patients are to fill the questionnaires during their respective return dates to various hospitals to minimize the cost of visiting then in their residential areas. The filled form is collected during the visit day. Home visits are only recommended to those patients who are receiving home-based care. The questionnaire form is set up and translated in English to Arabic because most of the participants are likely to provide relevant information in their first language.
The nurses and the physicians are to be interviewed during the day of collection of questionnaire form collection. According to Moffatt et al., an interview guide is set up in a semi-structured manner where the researcher can change or persist along the same line of the question (28). The study will be conducted at the emergency departments of various public hospitals, The North Medical Tower Prince Abdulaziz Bin Musaad hospital, and Arar city in the Northern region. They are the most significant public hospitals in the area with a well-structured accident and emergency departments.
Data Analysis
The collected questionnaires are put together, and a simple coding system is set up the tabulations to fill in the answers as provided by the patients. The data are filled in the grid to make it easy to interpret. The cross-tabulations are used to present data to ensure regression model calculations are traceable. The questionnaire results are analyzed using chi-squares. The expected values the researcher estimates the patients will produce compared to the actual results from the observed data from the questionnaires.
Thematic analysis is employed in analyzing qualitative data from interviews. It is the principal data analytic options for qualitative methods where numerical analysis makes little sense. Pope et al. note that different datasets are put together in an appropriate approach to fit the context of the study (148). The thematic analysis process applies to this research because it is mainly utilized to develop ways of understanding in various patients to appreciate the quality of care given in multiple health institutions. When the thematic analysis is used correctly, it provides core skills for analyzing in conducting and analyzing qualitative data. Thematic analysis recognizes theme and utilizes these themes to address the study or something about the issues raised by the patients and the caregivers in emergency departments of various hospitals (Pope et al. 149). The thematic analysis examines involuntary admission of the patient to offer insight to them to understand outcomes of care.
Meta-analysis is added to the systematic review of both quantitative analysis findings from the patients’ questionnaires and the thematic approach analysis to quantify the outcomes of both methods research (Pope et al. 152). In our case, the retrospective research can be used to come up with solutions to benefit all the emergency department to enable patients’ satisfaction and quality endpoints accidents and emergency departments.
Conclusion
The growing data from research is associated with both scientific achievements of suitable clinical endpoints such as reduction of mortality rates and provision of competent care despite the quality of care being compromised by factors such as crowding at ED. Adoption of a better system of work can reduce waiting time, poor communication, low number of skilled human resources, and lack of appropriate timetable and planning, among other factors that affect processes in emergency departments in hospitals in Northern Border Province.
Work Cited
Moffatt, Suzanne, et al. “Using Quantitative and Qualitative Data in Health Services Research–What happens when mixed method findings conflict? [ISRCTN61522618].” BMC health services research 6.1 (2006): 28.
Pope, Catherine, Paul Van Royen, and Richard Baker. “Qualitative Methods in Research on Healthcare Quality.” BMJ Quality & Safety 11.2 (2002): 148-152