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- Title
Time Series Analysis of Physiological Response During ICU Visitation.
- Authors
Hepworth, Joseph T.; Hendrickson, Sherry Garrett; Lopez, Jean
- Abstract
Time series analysis (TSA) is an important statistical procedure for clinical nursing research. The current paucity of nursing research reports using TSA may be due to unfamiliarity with this technique. In this article, TSA is compared with the ordinary least squares regression model, validity concerns of time series designs are discussed, and concomitant and interrupted TSA of data collected on the effects of family visitation on intracranial pressure (ICP), heart rate, and blood pressure of patients in ICUs are presented. The concomitant TSA of the effect of family on ICP suggested that family presence tended to be associated with decreased ICP Interrupted TSA indicated the effect of family on heart rate and blood pressure was not as consistent. The overall effect on blood pressure appeared to be negligible, and heart rate may increase overall. Restrictive visiting policies, once typical of intensive care units, should be reconsidered.
- Subjects
NURSING research; TIME series analysis; REGRESSION analysis; PATIENTS; FAMILY relations; MATHEMATICAL models
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 1994, Vol 16, Issue 6, p704
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019394599401600608