MVC, Mobile Phone Application, and Mental Health Application to Improve Healthcare
Population and Sampling Distributions: The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.
For this assignment:
Search the GCU Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the topic Resources or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the "Article Analysis 1" template.
Refer to the "Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial," in conjunction with the "Article Analysis Example 1," for an example of an article analysis.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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Article Analysis 1
Article Citation and Permalink (APA format)
Article 1
Ahmad, F., El Morr, C., Ritvo, P., Othman, N., & Moineddin, R. (2019). A Randomized Control Trial of an Eight-Week Web-based Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention for Student’s Mental Health (Preprint). JMIR Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.2196/15520
Article 2
Bakker, D., Kazantzis, N., Rickwood, D., & Rickard, N. (2018). A randomized controlled trial of three smartphone apps for enhancing public mental health. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 109, 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2018.08.003
Article 3
O’Dea, B., Han, J., Batterham, P. J., Achilles, M. R., Calear, A. L., Werner‐Seidler, A., Parker, B., Shand, F., & Christensen, H. (2020). A randomised controlled trial of a relationship‐focussed mobile phone application for improving adolescents’ mental health. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(8), 899–913. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13294
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Description
Description
Broad Topic Area/Title
The efficacy of the Web-based Mindfulness Virtual Community (MVC) intervention in reducing depressive, stress, and anxiety symptoms among college students.
The efficacy of three publicly available mental health applications (the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) toolkit app (Moodkit), mood tracking app (Moodprism), and CBT strategy app (MoodMission)) to a waitlist control condition in a community sample, in which no mental health application was availed.
The acceptability and efficacy of a relationship-focused mobile phone application (WeClick) for enhancing depressive symptoms along with other mental health outcomes among adolescents.
Identify Independent and Dependent Variables and Type of Data for the Variables
The independent variable is the Web-based Mindfulness Virtual Community (MVC) intervention while the dependent variables are depression, stress, and anxiety.
The independent variables are Moodkit, MoodPrism, and MoodMission while the dependent variables are depression and anxiety.
The independent variable is relationship-focused mobile phone application (WeClick) while the dependent variables are depressive symptoms and mental health outcomes.
Population of Interest for the Study
The population of interest for the study are undergraduate college students.
The population of interest for the study are community members of various Australian mental health organizations.
The population of interest for the study were adolescents between 12 and 16 years old, residing in Australia, fluent in the English language, capable of obtaining parent consent, had access to the Internet, have an active email address, and in possession of an iOS or Android mobile phone.
Sample
The sample consisted of 113 students: 74 in the intervention group and 39 in the control group.
The sample consisted of 226 participants (19% male and...