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NSG3029 W4 Project
Research Template
Wildaliz Colon
Week 4 Template
Quantitative Article
“Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an
Organ Donor Card”
Qualitative Article
“Health Education Needs of Incarcerated Women”
Identify and describe the
sample including
demographics, in the
studies chosen in W2
Assignment 2
A descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted in
Israel with a sample of 312 respondents from the
general population, of whom 220 (70.5%) signed an
organ donor card. Data were collected during April–
June 2013 (Bortz, Ashkenazi, & Melnikov, 2015, p.
25).
A qualitative, naturalist design was used for this
investigation. Two focus groups were conducted at a
Midwestern, state correctional facility for women. The
facility houses three groups of women: minimum-,
medium-, and maximum-security inmates. Because focus
groups were conducted within the correctional facility,
inmates provided unique insight into their lives within
prison walls. Their responses to guiding questions were
allowed to unfold and guided the development of emergent
themes (Dinkel & Schmidt, 2015, p. 230).
Discuss the steps of the
data collection process
used in the studies
Participants completed a paper questionnaire and a
Web-based questionnaire consisting of four sections:
spiritual health, purpose in life, attitudes toward organ
donation, and social-demographic questions.
Descriptive statistics, t test, chi-square test, and a
logistic regression analysis were performed (Bortz,
Ashkenazi, & Melnikov, 2015, p. 25).
This was a naturalistic qualitative study. Focus groups
included two groups of adult women incarcerated in a state
corrections facility. One group consisted of women housed
in maximum security, and one group consisted of women
housed in medium security. Data were analyzed using a
constant comparison approach (Dinkel & Schmidt, 2015, p.
229).
Identify the study
variables (independent
and dependent)
Among the variables that can affect signing or the
avoidance of signing an organ donor card are the
individual’s religious beliefs and attitudes toward
organ donation and transplantation (Bortz, Ashkenazi,
& Melnikov, 2015, p. 25). Between the cognitive-
based variables are attitudes toward and knowledge
about organ donation. Amongst the noncognitive