Running Head: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY 1 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY 10 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY Student’s Name: Letzy Reyes Institution: Grand Cayon University Date: 06/10/2018 Nursing Practice Problem P-(Problem) – elderly patients aged above 50 years admitted in hospital and having shown blood pressure disease signs. Patients not included in the research were pregnant women. I-(Intervention) – the patients who are subject in this research will be subjected to therapeutic routine concerning hypertension. The blood pressure of all the patients was tested after administering hypertension medicine to the subjects. The resultant changes were recorded every day to determine the reaction and thus the group will make a conclusion. C-(Comparison) – institutionalized quality methods will be regulated for hypertension and subjected to the group. The comparison between the groups will be done towards the end of the month in the group. O-(Outcome) - there will be good relation between the hypertension medication and blood pressure. T-(Time) – for the next one month the blood pressure will be monitored closely. The nursing practice portion should be in paragraph form. PICOT Statement Elderly patients under hypertension medication together with pharmacological interventions can be maintained in hospitals to improve their blood pressure and with understanding the background and culture of the patients will be of great help in dealing with hypertension. Comment by Doreen Farley: Letzy, I know that this is not the PICOT question that we decided on. What happened to the PICOT? In patients with hypertension, does the use of meditation along with pharmacological interventions compared to medications alone improve blood pressure? This was the PICOT from out last discussion on 6-1-18 This paper is supposed to be double space only. I am not sure why there is so much space in between concepts. Introduction Background of the study The purpose of the study was to evaluate analyze how patients using hypertension medication along with pharmacological interventions compared to medications alone improve blood pressure. The bottom line of the study was to evaluate how different opinions on hypertension and the treatment of the disease and how such opinions differ from one place to another especially due to the difference in culture or ethnicity of these groups. In addition, the study will be evaluated on what the proposed interventions would do to improve the adherence to these groups. Comment by Doreen Farley: The study evaluated… The proposed interventions from the research on the two articles will be of importance to the nursing field. There is the need for the nurses to connect, care and convey treatment for various groups of patients in our diverse community. These include taking treatment to patients from different ethnic and racial groups. When it comes to hypertension, nurses have been faced with challenges .

1. Running Head: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY 1
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY 10
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SUMMARY
Student’s Name: Letzy Reyes
Institution: Grand Cayon University
Date: 06/10/2018
Nursing Practice Problem
P-(Problem) – elderly patients aged above 50 years admitted in
hospital and having shown blood pressure disease signs.
Patients not included in the research were pregnant women.
I-(Intervention) – the patients who are subject in this research

2. will be subjected to therapeutic routine concerning
hypertension. The blood pressure of all the patients was tested
after administering hypertension medicine to the subjects. The
resultant changes were recorded every day to determine the
reaction and thus the group will make a conclusion.
C-(Comparison) – institutionalized quality methods will be
regulated for hypertension and subjected to the group. The
comparison between the groups will be done towards the end of
the month in the group.
O-(Outcome) - there will be good relation between the
hypertension medication and blood pressure.
T-(Time) – for the next one month the blood pressure will be
monitored closely.
The nursing practice portion should be in paragraph form.
PICOT Statement
Elderly patients under hypertension medication together with
pharmacological interventions can be maintained in hospitals to
improve their blood pressure and with understanding the
background and culture of the patients will be of great help in
dealing with hypertension. Comment by Doreen Farley:
Letzy, I know that this is not the PICOT question that we
decided on. What happened to the PICOT?
In patients with hypertension, does the use of meditation along
with pharmacological interventions compared to medications
alone improve blood pressure? This was the PICOT from out
last discussion on 6-1-18
This paper is supposed to be double space only. I am not sure
why there is so much space in between concepts.
Introduction
Background of the study
The purpose of the study was to evaluate analyze how patients

3. using hypertension medication along with pharmacological
interventions compared to medications alone improve blood
pressure. The bottom line of the study was to evaluate how
different opinions on hypertension and the treatment of the
disease and how such opinions differ from one place to another
especially due to the difference in culture or ethnicity of these
groups. In addition, the study will be evaluated on what the
proposed interventions would do to improve the adherence to
these groups. Comment by Doreen Farley: The study
evaluated…
The proposed interventions from the research on the two articles
will be of importance to the nursing field. There is the need for
the nurses to connect, care and convey treatment for various
groups of patients in our diverse community. These include
taking treatment to patients from different ethnic and racial
groups. When it comes to hypertension, nurses have been faced
with challenges especially on patients with high blood pressure
conditions. This is because some of these medications may have
diverse effects to the patients. From these two articles, the
nurses were able to come up with different modes which they
can use in administering the treatments different patients.
According to the two articles and the research, nurses use
different methods in administrations of medication to the
patients who have the two conditions and from the different
cultural background. All the issues which were addressed in the
two articles are very relevant nursing.
On top of the above mentioned about the two articles, the
articles will help nurses in acknowledging and appreciating the
patient's experience, especially on symptoms since according to
the research there is no scientific way of proving the symptoms
to these diseases. Based on the evidence from the patient's
information on symptoms, the nurses can identify patients with
hypertension even without carrying out even carrying out
various tests on the patient. This is because the symptoms of
hypertension are very common to other diseases. For instance,
hypertension and high blood pressure symptoms they are almost

4. similar and thus it might be hard to differentiate (Sun, & Buys,
2015). From these two articles, nurses are able to advise the
patients on cardiovascular disease even without the said
symptoms, and it is only through treatment that they can be able
to overcome and prevent cardiovascular disease.
For these two articles, understanding the perspective of the
patients was the main objective as it is important in helping the
nurses in understanding the effects hypertension drugs will have
to patents especially on their blood pressure. The research aim
was to help nurses understand the reason why educational
interventions when it comes to informing the patients about
cardiovascular disease risk have been met so far. On the other
hand, the research helps the reader on developments which have
been made in the management of both hypertension and
cardiovascular diseases... Comment by Doreen Farley:
Methods of study
The authors completed a methodical audit and account
combination of subjective examinations on hypertension. In the
study, the authors of the article looked at the causes of
hypertension and how it can be prevented through the taking of
drugs. In addition, the authors have researched how different
patients from different cultures and ethnic groups understand
the issue of hypertension. Some the electronic databases which
the researchers have been evaluating in the study were Medline,
Embase, the British Nursing Index, Social Policy and Practice,
and PsycInfo. Apart from the above, there were other papers
which were relevant and used by the researchers to come up
with various methods and strategies which help in
understanding qualitative research and some terminologies
which are associated with hypertension (Marshall, Wolfe, &
McKevitt, 2012).
In any case, a compelling project to avert hypertension and to
enhance biomedical variables and personal satisfaction have not
been sufficiently inspected or assessed in Chinese more
seasoned grown-ups. This study intends to look at the adequacy
of a Tai Chi program to enhance wellbeing status in members

5. with hypertension and its related hazard factors, for example,
dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and personal satisfaction in more
seasoned grown-ups in China. A randomized report
configuration was utilized. At the finish of the intercession, 266
patients stayed in the examination. Comment by Doreen Farley:
Read this sentence out loud slowly.
In the study, some of the methods which have been used in
collecting data are such as conducting face to face interviews,
and journals published on the topic as a sample an thus help in
evaluating the perspective of the patients on hypertension and
taking of drugs. The authors conducted face to face interviews,
telephone interviews and also used questionnaires to get a better
understanding of participant's understanding of hypertension.
Exclusion criteria were diabetic or pregnant women with
cardiovascular disease (Sun, & Buys, 2015). There was no
language barrier, and thus materials which are in different
languages were considered to be sample since in the research
framework translation mode was included.
Through steps which were provided and accepted by the UK
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the data which
was collected was analyzed and synthesized. Using methods and
other techniques which are most appropriate in qualitative
research, the researchers were able to bring clear and untestable
study results to the audience. Some of the methods which were
used by the researcher to synthesize the data were tabulation,
textual summary, and thematic analysis. The textual summary
was very important to the researchers especially in adopting the
"one-sheet-paper method." Final themes were developed
through consensus and discussion of the full-text papers and
supported by coding its presence in the text (Marshall, Wolfe, &
McKevitt, 2012). Tabulation was used in determining
similarities and variations of cultures and ethnic group in
different countries.
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Results from the study
As per the results of the study, it was found that the causes

6. of hypertension were family history, stress, overweight, alcohol
and also food. Of all the sources, stress was found to be the
main cause of hypertension. The patients with hypertension
were found to have a lot of worries. In a Dutch study done, a
participant was able to see the relationship between blood
pressure and worry as synonymous. However, most of the
participants agreed that stress was the main cause of increased
blood pressure. Also, in the course of the study, participants
from six different countries suggested a supplementation or
replacement of drugs with traditional ones and even other
alternative medicines. The supplementation and replacement
were more connected to beliefs and practices of certain cultures.
The results of the study are important to the practitioners of
nursing. This study enables nurses to cater for the needs of
different patients who come from different belief systems and
cultural backgrounds. Through the study, nurses are also able to
monitor how the patients take their medications (Marshall,
Wolfe, & McKevitt, 2012). This way, the nurses were able to
obtain information related to the participant’s knowledge of
their disease process and treatment regimen. The study also
found out that patients may stop taking medication, adjust their
doses, and took their medications in a sporadic manner. These
results are related to nursing practice as nurses play a role in
providing required information to their patients about the
control of hypertension.
The present examination intended to assess the impacts of Zen
reflection on blood pressure (BP) and personal satisfaction in
elderly subjects. An aggregate of 59 volunteers (21 men and 38
ladies), matured ≥60 years with systolic BP in the vicinity of
130 and 159 mmHg and diastolic BP in the vicinity of 85 and
99 mmHg, were haphazardly separated into a contemplation
gathering (MG), n = 28 and a control gathering (CG), n = 31
(Fátima Rosas Marchiori, Kozasa, Miranda, Monezi Andrade,
Perrotti, & Leite, 2015). The MG pondered two times every day
for 20 min for three months, and the CG stayed on a holding up
list. The BP levels were estimated month to month in the two

7. gatherings. The volunteers' prescription was kept stable. A
personal satisfaction appraisal instrument was connected toward
the start and end of the investigation. For systolic BP,
examination of change demonstrated the impact of time
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Ethical considerations
The basis for the research was primary and secondary
source materials which are in the form of electronic databases.
Since the participants were not involved in the research
directly, there was no need to seek ethical approval in the
research.
Why so much space here?
Conclusion
The format of good research work was adhered to. The
same applied to the case of the norms. Data collection methods
were also in check. Their transparency was visible. The research
methodology as a whole was very free of errors. The relevance
of the study was well established as the nurses could monitor
the progress of their patients from various cultural backgrounds
and with diverse beliefs. Also, they can know the reasons
behind the emergence of blood pressure among individuals. The
research teaches nurses on how to have a closer eye on their
patients suffering from high blood pressure. Through the
research, nurses were able to identify various ways in which
they can use to administer treatment to the patients. For
instance, it is important to consider the culture and other
diseases which the patient might have which might be affected
by hypertension drugs. Comment by Doreen Farley: Try not
to use “they”. Be specific.
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8. References Comment by Doreen Farley: This should start at
the top of the page and be centered
Marshall, I. J., Wolfe, C. D., & McKevitt, C. (2012). Lay
perspectives on hypertension and drug adherence: systematic
review of qualitative research. Bmj, 345, e3953. Comment by
Doreen Farley: Your references should have hanging indents.
Sun, J., & Buys, N. (2015). Community-based mind–body
meditative tai chi program and its effects on improvement of
blood pressure, weight, renal function, serum lipoprotein, and
quality of life in Chinese adults with hypertension. American
Journal of Cardiology, 116(7), 1076-1081.
Fátima Rosas Marchiori, M., Kozasa, E. H., Miranda, R. D.,
Monezi Andrade, A. L., Perrotti, T. C., & Leite, J. R. (2015).
Decrease in blood pressure and improved psychological aspects
through meditation training in hypertensive older adults: A
randomized control study. Geriatrics & gerontology
international, 15(10), 1158-1164.
Letzy, thanks for your submission. You did a great job but,
there were some areas for improvement. Please see comments
throughout your paper. I don’t know why you changed the
PICOT but the way you have it stated is not consistent with a
PICOT statement. Look at your sentence structures and maybe
try to be a little more concise. You were missing the practice
change and the connection between the PICOT, practice
problem, and articles. Also, all of your work should be in
paragraph form.
Professor Farley