Using latent transition analysis in nursing research to explore change over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Latent transition analysis is a method of modeling change over time in categorical variables. It has been used in the social sciences for many years, but not in nursing research.

Objective

The purposes of this study were to illustrate the utility of latent transition analysis for nursing research by presenting a case example (a secondary analysis of data from a previously conducted randomized control trial testing the effectiveness of a tailored psychoeducational intervention to decrease patient-related attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management) and to understand for whom and in what direction the tailored intervention resulted in change with respect to attitudinal barriers and pain symptoms.

Methods

The model was developed by (a) defining a class stru

SUBMITTER: Roberts TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3108848 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature