Application of the Health Belief Model in Promotion of Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients:
Project description:
I would like the paper answered these questions:
- What is the topic of study?
- Why is the study important?
- What health behavior theory is used? What type of theory is used? (individual, interpersonal, community level, ecological)?
- How is the theory used? Is the article informed by theory? Applied a theory? Tested a theory? Or created or developed a new theory?
- What constructs of the theory were used in the study? How were these measured as variables?
- When were the data collected? Was it at one point in time (one day, month, year), or more than one point in time (e.g., once a year for several years)? Was there surveillance over a period of days, months, years, etc.?
- Where were the data collected? An entire country? One or more states (which)? One city? From one or a few hospitals or clinics?
- Who was studied? Did the study include all people in the time and place to which the data pertain, or one or more subgroups (e.g., just one age, race, or income group, only people who had a certain disease)?
- How were the data collected?
- What statistical measures were used?
- What did researchers/authors find? Summarize the 2-3 major findings of the study.
- What were the strengths and weaknesses of the study?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the theory used?
- What suggestions do you have for ways to improve upon the study? At least one suggestion must be related to the use of the theory. also any other thing that would her to critique this article very well two thoughtful questions about the application of this theory in this study
What are the benefits expected from integration?