Week 3 Project Final Plan for Capstone Project
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Week 3 Project Final Plan for Capstone Project
Paper Instructions
Instructions
Week 3 Project
In a Microsoft Word document of 2-3 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe the final plan for your capstone project using the format below. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.
Introduction
The introduction establishes the scope, context, and significance of the project being conducted by summarizing current understanding and background information (literature) about the topic, stating the purpose of the work, explaining briefly the approach used to examine the problem, and identifies one or two outcomes of the project.
Problem Statement
A problem statement is the description of a currently existing issue, which needs to be addressed with evidence-based interventions. The statement of the problem is the focal point of the project. Be sure to back up the noted issue/problem with evidence. Must include citations of evidence.
Questions
Identify one to two questions to address with your capstone project. Based on the constraint of project length of 10 weeks you may not have time to address a multitude of questions.
Methodology
The methodology section of the paper addresses:
- When and how you will collect the pre-intervention data,
- What the intervention(s) is (are),
- When/how the intervention(s) will be implemented,
- How and when you will perform your post-intervention data measurement,
how the data will be analyzed.
A friendly reminder that unless your project has gone through the IRB process you will not be allowed to collect data on more than 3 people. For data collection, you will choose 3 people from your aggregate.
Timetable
Develop a timetable considering the following questions
- When will your project start and finish?
- Are there particular steps or stages to the project?
- What objectives have you set for this investigation? Are they addressed in the timeline?
- Is the timetable realistic?
- How will you provide regular updates and progress reports and to whom will you provide them? How will you demonstrate progress?
On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.
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Sample Answer
Even though the fatality rates have been higher among men as compared to women, the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted women more than men both at home and as frontline workers. Globally, most people have suffered from this pandemic emotionally, physically, and economically(Sen-Crowe et al., 2021).
Given that women represent a majority of the healthcare workforce, they tend to be at higher risk for the virus and the emotional toll accompanied by it. For instance, quarantine alone has led to increased fear, depression, and anxiety among this vulnerable population. This project thus aims at evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of middle-aged women between the age of 35-44 years from Fort Pierce Florida.
A qualitative/quantitative cross-sectional survey will be utilized to conduct the study. The project hopes to identify the specific common mental conditions such as anxiety and depression resulting from the pandemic, to help with the development of appropriate strategies to promote the mental health of middle-aged women during these tough times.
Problem Statement
According to the CARE’s Rapid Gender Analysis on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of men and women across 38 countries, the number of women who reported some kind of mental impact as a result of the pandemic was threefold that of men(Harris, 2020). At least a half of the middle-aged women reported increased depression, stress, and anxiety among other mental problems.
Studies show that in addition to labor increasing for women in the frontline, violence against women and domestic violence have also increased ever since quarantine. Hotlines and shelters among other resources for women experiencing violence in the United States have reported a radical increase in the number of reporting ever since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Due to the violence increased stress and fear of contracting the virus, the prevalence of PTSD, depression, and anxiety have increased among women in the United States. Additionally, family stress associated with coronavirus has also significantly impacted the mental health of middle-aged women in the community.
Questions
- In what ways has the Covid-19 pandemic affected the mental health of middle-aged women between the age of 35-44 years in Fort Pierce Florida? Which mental health problems are common among this population?(Thibaut & van Wijngaarden-Cremers, 2020).
- What strategies have been employed to help promote the mental health of women in Fort Pierce Florida during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Methodology
The project will utilize a qualitative/quantitative cross-sectional survey method(Thapa et al., 2021). A set of interview questions and questionnaires will be formulated to collect data regarding the impact of covid-19 on the mental health of the selected population. Three women between the age of 35 and 44 years living in Fort Pierce Florida, will be randomly selected to serve as the study participants.
They will be required to fill out the questionnaires either manually or electronically, whereas the interviews will also be conducted either face to face or through media platforms such as video calls on WhatsApp. The process of pre-intervention data collection will take two weeks.
Once the pre-intervention data has been collected and analyzed, the participants will be subjected to the study intervention, which is ‘videoconference based telepsychiatry’ for the following 6 weeks (Cubitt et al., 2021). The participants will receive psychoeducation and be advised on mental well-being every Wednesday and Thursday every week, for 45 minutes, based on their topic of choice.
After the 6 weeks, a new set of questionnaires will be formulated to collect the post-intervention data. The participants will also be interviewed on how the intervention has helped promote their mental health during the pandemic. The data will be tabulated for analysis within 1 week and the results presented in form of charts and graphs.
Timetable
The project will be conducted in 10 weeks. The first 2 weeks will involve the collection of pre-intervention data, followed by 6 weeks of the intervention, 1 week of collecting post-intervention data, and 1 week of analyzing and presenting the results (Thapa et al., 2021).
Table 1 Capstone Project Timeline
- Activity Starting Date Final Date Time (From-To) Outcomes
Submitting Final Plan for the Capstone Project 25/01/2022 27/01/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm Approval by instructor
- Sampling and Pre-intervention data collection 31/01/2022 06/02/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm A sample size of 3 middle-aged women between 35-44 years.
Collected data on mental problems such as anxiety and depression
- Implementation of the Intervention 07/02/2022 20/03/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm Videoconference based telepsychiatry
Post-Intervention data collection 21/03/2022 27/03/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm Improved mental health
- Data analysis 28/03/2022 03/04/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm Tabulating the findings.
Presentation of Results 04/04/2022 04/04/2022 9.00 am 4.00 pm Presenting the findings in charts and graphs.
Conclusion
The capstone project will focus on evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on middle-aged women during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study will utilize a qualitative/quantitative cross-sectional survey method to collect the results and test the impact of videoconferencebased telepsychiatry in promoting women’s mental health. The projects will be conducted in 10 weeks.
References
- Cubitt, L. J., Im, Y. R., Scott, C. J., Jeynes, L. C., & Molyneux, P. D. (2021). Beyond PPE a mixed qualitative-quantitative study capturing the wider issues affecting doctors’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 11(3), e050223. http //dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050223
- Harris, J. E. (2020). COVID-19 case mortality rates continue to decline in Florida. medRxiv. https //doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.03.20167338
- Sen-Crowe, B., Sutherland, M., McKenney, M., & Elkbuli, A. (2021). The Florida COVID-19 mystery lessons to be learned. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. https //doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.009
- Thapa, P., Bhandari, S. L., & Pathak, S. (2021). Nursing students’ attitude on the practice of e-learning A cross-sectional survey amid COVID-19 in Nepal. PloS one, 16(6), e0253651.
https //doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253651
- Thibaut, F., & van Wijngaarden-Cremers, P. (2020). Women’s mental health in the time of Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 1, 17. https //doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2020.588372
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