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Running Head:

IMPACT OF EXERCISE ON
MENTAL HEALTH
Contents
Patch 1: Literature Review........................................................................................3
Introduction...............................................................................................................3
Literature review.......................................................................................................3
Research Objective....................................................................................................7
Research Questions...................................................................................................7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................7
Patch 2 Quantitative analysis.....................................................................................8
Methodology Analysis...............................................................................................8
Descriptive Statistics..............................................................................................9
Frequency Distribution........................................................................................10
Cross table analysis..............................................................................................15
Correlation Spearman's........................................................................................17
Regression Analysis.............................................................................................19
Summary of Analysis..............................................................................................20
Appendix – Reliability Analysis.............................................................................20
Patch 3.....................................................................................................................21
Critical Evaluation...................................................................................................21
Sampling..............................................................................................................21
Interviews.............................................................................................................21
Participant P4...........................................................................................................22
Participant P6...........................................................................................................22
Thematic Analysis...................................................................................................23
Participant P4.......................................................................................................23
Participant P6.......................................................................................................24
Summary of key findings.....................................................................................25
Patch 4.....................................................................................................................26
Description...........................................................................................................26
Feelings................................................................................................................26

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 Evaluations...........................................................................................................27
Conclusion...........................................................................................................29
Action...................................................................................................................29
References...............................................................................................................30

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Patch 1: Literature Review

Introduction

The exercise is important for mental health and it can benefit ordinary people in terms of mental

well-being and health. Though, few studies have assessed the impacts of physical activity on the

quality of life and mental health of people with severe and ongoing mental health problems.

Exercise has long supported to benefit the overall population related to mental health and well-

being. Several types of research have investigated its effects on anxiety, mild depression, and

substance abuse. In contrast, there are few studies investigating whether exercise is appropriate

for people with more severe and lasting mental illness (Budde and Wegner, 2018). This

systematic evaluation draws this attention and examines the impacts of physical activity on the

quality of life and mental health of people with tough mental health problems. For review

purposes, the term severe psychiatric illness (severe mental illness) includes serious and ongoing

illnesses like “severe depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizophrenia, and psychosis”

(Choo et al. 2018).

Literature review

Illustrative studies of serious mental patients have revealed a reported association between

regular exercise and physical activity with better mood and quality of life (Das et al. 2016).

However, researchers emphasize that there are few intervention studies on the effects of physical

activity on the quality of life and mental health of this population. Two major factors support the

requirement for further research into the physical performance of the population. First of all,

people with severe mental illness usually have to take antipsychotic medication (Larsen et al.

2019). The risks and side effects of the drugs and many pharmacies require research into safer

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treatments such as exercise. Second, people with severe mental health have more obesity and

health behaviors than the general population, and they also have lower fitness levels (Morell et

al. 2016). There has been extensive research into the need for physical activity related to health

in patients with severe mental health problems. Recognize that the physical activity advantages

by enhancing the quality of life may have secondary advantages beyond recognized

developments in parameters of physical health (Rector et al. 2019).

WHO describes the quality of life as the wider concept that is complexly affected by physical

health, mental health, degree of independence, relationships within society, personal beliefs and

its relation to the attractive properties of the environment (Shadick et al. 2019). The theory

behind occupational therapy researchers is that QOL might be achieved by engaging and

engaging in an individual's meaningful career. Occupational therapists utilize the meaningful

activity as a way for people to engage in behavior, existence, belonging, and belonging; these

concepts have been defined as key features in the professional sense (Skead, and Rogers, 2016).

Exercise is defined by Barry, (2018) and aims to enhance or maintain one or more physical

modifications of a planned structural and repetitive body movement (Barry, 2018). Therefore,

using exercise as a meaningful activity could allow people to practice, and become an athlete,

and belong to a sports culture or group. The term sports activity refers not just to sports but also

to physical activity performed during play, work, active transport, housework and leisure

activities (Bosch et al. 2017).

It has long been known that exercise is good for your health. However, reading health magazines

and newsletters has not become commonplace in recent years, and exercise is also valuable for

promoting good mental health (Budde and Wegner, 2018). While this optimistic assessment has

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attracted much attention, the scientific community has more accurately offered such recognition.

Consider the preparatory conclusion of the General Report on Physical Health and Activity that

physical activity appears to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression and enhance mood,

whereas regular exercise can reduce depression (Choo et al. 2018).

It is estimated that about 7.6% of adults in the USA are anxious and need some treatment form.

Moreover, stress-related feelings are common in healthy individuals. The present interest in

prevention has led to a growing interest in sport as the alternative to traditional interventions like

psychotherapy or drug therapy. Anxiety is linked with negative forms of cognitive judgment and

manifests as anxiety, uncertainty, and anxiety.

According to Bosch et al. (2017), it is usually in the face of tax demand or system resource

overruns or ready or adaptive shortcomings. Anxiety is the cognitive phenomenon that is

typically measured by questioning tools (Das et al. 2016). These surveys are sometimes

accompanied by physiological indicators related to increased stress/anxiety (like skin

conductance, blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension). The general difference in these

documents is a concern for status and feature surveys. Calm anxiety is a common tendency to

face extreme anxiety in many cases. On the other hand, the national concern is much particular

and refers to the concern of an individual at a definite time. Although the concerns of features

and spaces are conceptually different, the available active resources show that those concerns

subcomponents are significantly coincidental (Larsen et al. 2019).

The meta-analysis review of the topic only included studies that looked at measures of anxiety

before and after chronic or acute exercise (Morell et al. 2016). The study of experimental socio-

psychological stressors was not included in the post-exercise period because it confuses the

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impacts of exercise with the influences of stress (e.g., Stope test, positive physical activity).

However, a meta-analysis by (Budde and Wegner, (2018) contained some response studies to

stressors and could not be explained.

Choo et al. (2018) studied the results of 29 narrative reviews led within the time of 2015 and

2016 and it was found that 81% of the authors found that exercise/physical fitness is associated

with reduced anxiety after exercise and rarely or almost anything. There are no conflicting

figures in these comments. For the remaining 19% of the studies, the authors concluded that the

most supportive exercise was associated with less concern, but the results were somewhat mixed.

None of these reports concluded that it was inaccurate (Rector et al. 2019). Six Meta-analyses

looked at the connection between anxiety and exercise reduction. These Meta-analyses range

from 180 studies (Das et al. 2016) to five studies (Larsen et al. 2019). All six Meta-analyses

found that exercise was significantly associated with a decrease in anxiety disorders in all of the

studies studied. These effects range from small to medium and are in line with

psychophysiological indicators of traits, conditions, and anxiety (Shadick et al. 2019). Most of

the report and all meta-analysis reviews support the conclusion that researches published within

2010 and 2018 were low to moderate (Skead, and Rogers, 2016). Both chronic and acute

exercise reduces anxiety This decrease occurs in the degree of anxiety used in all types of

subjects (ie, status, traits, or psychophysiology), duration or intensity of exercise, kind of

exercise (ie, chronic or acute), scientific quality of the study with 1,076 subjects, Morell et al.

(2016) confirmed systolic and diastolic hypotension after exercise (-4/-3 mm Hg), but was

statistically significant Psychophysiology in normal adults with normal blood pressure.

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Research Objective

The aim of this research is to analyze the impact and influence of exercise on the mental health

of individuals.

Research Questions

 What is the influence of exercise on the mental health of individuals?

 What are the causes of mental health illness?

 How exercise can improve symptoms of mental illness, such as mood, alertness, sleep

patterns, and concentration?

 How exercise might reduce the severity of depression?

 How exercise can enhance psychosocial functioning?

Conclusion

The study is based on finding the influence of exercise on the mental health of individuals. The

study also analyses the causes of mental health illness. After the analysis of several papers and

scholars, it can be concluded that all these papers define that exercise holds a significant impact

on mental health, and it can significantly cure depression of individuals.

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Patch 2 Quantitative analysis

The quantitative research questions are the one which helps achieve the set objectives of the

research problem following the use of statistical data analysis methods. The general questions

part of the research can be categorized into three; namely, descriptive, comparative as well as

relationship-based. Concerning the study design, these fall into two as experimental and

descriptive. Smith (2009) detailed that key principles for critical appraising comprise design,

meaningful and valuable findings. The quantitative data form that is used in this research is

collected by the UK data service. The IBM developed software Statistical Package for Social

Sciences (SPSS) Version 20.0 is used for the analysis of the data.

Methodology Analysis

The data, in this study, was collected through a survey based on a questionnaire. The

questionnaire technique is useful given the fact that the number of participants in the sample was

huge. Not only this, but it was practically impossible to collect responses individually. Another

reason for the deployment of the survey method could have been its cost effectiveness and data

accessibility. The research participants also easily respond as they are ensured of the anonymity

of the responses (Brace, 2018). Not only this, but this approach helped to reduce the biases of the

responses to the data gathered as the researcher is not in direct contact with the participants of

the research. Also, the use of statistical analysis is another major and significant factor, in the

extraction of the questionnaire responses. In addition, the data and the presentation of the

findings in the numerical form assist to understand the findings. However, the challenge that

arises is due to the inattentive reply of the respondents or the filling of the questionnaire other

than the one’s targeted. The use of this survey is also time effective given its less consumption of

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time. In addition, the computation of the Cronbach Alpha value for a questionnaire that is used in

this study is of great significance as it points to the reliability of the items that are integrated into

the questionnaire (Vaske, Beaman, & Sponarski, 2017).

One major drawback that was observed is that the data was not targeted for a certain population.

Also, the absence of categories in the data makes it difficult to analyze serving as a great lacking

particularly for the age group, and inclusion of participants below 18 years of age. Thereby, the

inclusion of the responses by the participants lack then 18 years of age, which impacts the

results, as well as its generalizability across the research domain (Resnik, 2018). Another is the

lack of variables included in this research. The inclusion of more variables could have assisted in

a more comprehensive analysis. Such as the participants could have been asked of the factors

that promote their working or the satisfaction towards the work. Different internal, as well as

external factors, could have been studied from the vast variety of age large responses. In

addition, the inclusion of the participants based on the purposive sampling would have helped

gather specific results. The data of the UK survey showed no more information concerning the

region, and other characteristics related to the participants which can help enlighten the degree of

the responses related to which the participants responded.

Descriptive Statistics

The descriptive analysis of the data is presented in Table 1. The mean (± standard deviation) for

the study variables are shown, which for gender is 1.54 (±.498). The mean value for qualification

is found to be 5.18 (±2.806), whereas, for wellbeing and overall satisfaction and job satisfaction,

it is found to be 7.70 (±1.890) and 7.46 (±2.199), respectively. The table also shows the mean

value for the derived variable (Number of healthy lifestyle variables), i.e., 2.74 (±1.088), while it

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was 1.84 (±.366) for the derived variable (material deprivation). Concerning the skewness

values, these are found to range from 0.71 to 1.868, which depicts that there exists a normal

univariate distribution (as shown in George & Mallery, 2010). The kurtosis value shows that

there is a normal distribution given the value of less than three in the present data.

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

N Minimu Maximu Mean Std. Skewness Kurtosis

m m Deviatio
n
Statisti Statistic Statistic Statisti Statistic Statisti Std. Statisti Std.
c c c Erro c Erro
r r
Gender 2837 1 2 1.54 .498 -.181 .046 -1.969 .092
Highest
2797 1 9 5.18 2.806 .044 .046 -1.414 .093
Qualification
WbSatLife 2825 0 10 7.70 1.890 -1.262 .046 2.259 .092
JobSat 1301 0 10 7.46 2.199 -1.073 .068 1.045 .136
DvFGHealthy
1302 0 5 2.74 1.088 .071 .068 -.436 .136
B
DvMatDep 2789 1 2 1.84 .366 -1.868 .046 1.489 .093
Valid N
590
(listwise)

Frequency Distribution

The age analysis in the survey shows that the participant's age varied between 16 to 97 years..

The results depict that the major portion was aged from 64 years of age to 68 years of age as

highlighted from the percentage 22 percent and 2.4 percent. The other major part was observed

between 60 years of age to 64 years of age 1.6 percent to 2.1 percent. This also shows that very

few participants were aged after 88 years (Figure 1).

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 Figure 1: Age of the Participants

Figure (2) shows that a major portion of the UK survey population was female, which

represents (55.5) percent, whereas the male population was found to be low, as represented by

(45.5) percent.

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 Figure 2: Gender
The respondents of the data concerning their qualification status as a major portion of the

sample were O Level as represented by 17.91 percent, while the First Degree represented the

second major group with 15.41 percent. The other groups that followed it were diploma (12.56

percent), higher degree (9.26 percent), others as well as A/AS Levels (7.37 percent). The lowest

percentage was 2.61 percent of the O level grade D-G (Figure 3).

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 Figure 3: Highest Qualification

Figure 4 shows that wellbeing and overall satisfaction (WbSatLife) concerning the UK data

survey. The results show that the overall satisfaction of life is high for 8 (31.79 percent),

followed by 10 (17.38 percent). Other included participants were 7 as represented by (15.61

percent) and 5 as represented by (6.94 percent).

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 Figure 4: Overall satisfaction with life
Figure 5 represents the overall satisfaction with the job of the UK data survey, where the

level of satisfaction for the 8th group was found to be 22.52 percent while for the 10th group it

was 19.75 percent. The other groups included the 7th group, i.e., 16.99 percent and 6th group,

i.e., 7.38 percent. A comparison of 5th grade and 6th grade shows that the former group has more

respondents, whereas it was lowest for the 1st group (i.e., 0.85 percent).

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 Figure 5: Overall satisfaction with Job
Cross table analysis

Table 2 shows results for the cross table analysis, i.e., valid responses for the wellbeing and

life satisfaction was 98.1 percent, whereas for missing values were 1.9 percent. The job

satisfaction valid responses were 44.9 percent while the missing valid responses were 55.1

percent.

Table 2: Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Highest Qualification *
2785 98.1% 54 1.9% 2839 100.0%
WbSatLife

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Highest Qualification *
1276 44.9% 1563 55.1% 2839 100.0%
JobSat

The responses concerning the wellbeing and work satisfaction life showed that it was highest

for the no qualification participants.

Figure 6: Highest Qualification * wellbeing and job satisfaction

The highest qualification of the participants concerning their job satisfaction shows the

highest level of satisfaction for O level / GCSE grade A-C, etc. Followed by first degree and

then diploma holders.

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 Figure 7: Highest Qualification * job satisfaction

Correlation Spearman's

The correlation analysis depicts that wellbeing and job satisfaction are strongly correlated

with job satisfaction as indicated by the achieved p-value, i.e., 0.000. The same results were

obtained for the DvMatDep, where a significance value is 0.000. However, an insignificant value

is obtained for the DvFGHealthyB, i.e., 0.009. The results showed that job satisfaction was

insignificantly correlated with DvFGHealthyB and DvMatDep, i.e., a p-value of .266 and p-

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value of .201, respectively. A significant correlation is found for DvFGHealthyB and DvMatDep

(i.e., p-value 0.000).

Table 3: Correlations

WbSatLife JobSat DvFGHealthyB DvMatDep

Correlation
1.000 .372** .073** .247**
WbSatLife Coefficient
Sig. (2-tailed) . .000 .009 .000
N 2825 1299 1300 2782
Correlation
.372** 1.000 -.045 .036
JobSat Coefficient
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 . .266 .201
Spearman's N 1299 1301 613 1284
rho Correlation
DvFGHealthy .073** -.045 1.000 .140**
Coefficient
B Sig. (2-tailed) .009 .266 . .000
N 1300 613 1302 1282
Correlation
.247** .036 .140** 1.000
DvMatDep Coefficient
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .201 .000 .
N 2782 1284 1282 2789
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Regression Analysis

Table 4 shows the model summary for the data, such as R-value is 0.397, whereas R square

value 0.158, which depicts the variation among the 15.8%, with the adjusted R square. The

change statistics value is found to be 0.000, which denotes a substantial impact of job

satisfaction is DvMatDep, DvFGHealthyB, as well as WbSatLife.

Table 4: Model Summary

R Change Statistics

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Mode R Adjusted R Std. Error of the R Square Sig. F

l Square Square Estimate Change Change

.
1 .158 .154 2.004 .158 .000
397a
a. Predictors: (Constant), DvMatDep, DvFGHealthyB, WbSatLife

The ANOVA results show that the regression value is 450.611, whereas the F value was

37.393, showing the there is an increase variance among the variables. Though, a significant

relationship exists among the variables given the achieved value more than three. The value of

the degree of freedom (df) is three. The significance value is achieved to be high, i.e., 0.000.

Table 5: ANOVA

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Regression 450.611 3 150.204 37.393 .000b
1 Residual 2406.089 599 4.017
Total 2856.700 602
a. Dependent Variable: JobSat
b. Predictors: (Constant), DvMatDep, DvFGHealthyB, WbSatLife

Summary of Analysis.

The survey results for the UK population depicts that there is a significant relationship

between job satisfaction and wellbeing and overall satisfaction. The same results are found for

job satisfaction with derived variable (Number of healthy lifestyle variable), and derived variable

(material deprivation) as presented by correlation and regression.

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Appendix – Reliability Analysis.

The table below shows the reliability analysis stating high variance among the variables. The

range for the variable is found to be unacceptable given their low Cronbach alpha value (Vaske,

Beaman, & Sponarski, 2017).

Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Cronbach's

Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Alpha if Item
Deleted
WbSatLife 12.23 6.193 .386 .019
JobSat 12.50 4.593 .304 .144
DvFGHealthyB 17.13 10.788 .018 .438
DvMatDep 18.12 11.683 .167 .372

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Patch 3

Critical Evaluation

Sampling

The interviewer has collected data by face to face interviews from patients. There are two

patients analyzed in this survey and they were asked about the issues that they have faced in the

hospital for their treatment of type II diabetes and HIV. Face to face interviews is important to

collect reliable data for the research that is the reason this research has incorporated face to face

interviews as the research method to collect data from patients.

Interviews

The researcher collects data from patients through the use of face to face interviews, and there

were two languages that were used for this research that includes welsh and English for

providing a clear understanding of questions to the participants of the research. The data which is

collected from participants is reliable because the researcher has personally collected data from

patients about their issues faced in the hospital for their treatment. This research method has

several weaknesses and strengths as well. The researcher has collected data about their routine

and habits for personally understanding the needs and demands of patients. There were some

questions in the interview that were not responded properly so those questions are excluded from

the research. According to the research conducted by Powney, and Watts, (2018) defined that

interview method is most appropriate for research in health sciences.

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Participant P4

Code Explanation

Blood (T2D) Low and high blood levels are associated with T2D

Time (T2D) Set a schedule for checkup and appointment

Pill (Both HIV and T2D) Controlling the things

Food (HIV) Right food choices

Medication (HIV) Taking prescribed medication

Participant P6

Code Explanation

Tests (T2D) blood and Urine tests

Pharmacy (HIV) For diabetes tests

Clinic (T2D) HIV checkup

Difficult (HIV) Managing responsibilities and health

Support (HIV) Support from clinical staff

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Thematic Analysis

The interviews are conducted by people who are suffering from HIV and Type II Diabetes. The

first participants had the age of 50 to 55 years, and the second participant had the age of 55-60

years old. The participants were from the same social class and were not highly educated. These

both were taking medication for HIV, and Type II Diabetes. The first patient was suffering from

0-5 years for HIV, and 5-10 years for Type II Diabetes. Whereas the second participant was

suffering from HIV and Type II Diabetes for 5-10 years. There are some codes which have been

extracted from participants’ interview, for that reason, the researcher has used thematic analysis

for investigation of those codes defined by interviewees.

Participant P4

The first responders were 55-60 years old, had HIV 0-5 and type 5-10 diabetes, and their answers

to the questions were very clear. The patient's problem was that he had to wait a long time for

HIV treatment and type 2 diabetes, and sometimes had to wait until the next day, but he felt the

problem was resolved and ignored. As a result of the problem, he identified a limited supply of

doctors within a few days and few doctors for HIV and type 2 diabetes, so hospital

improvements were needed to improve treatment for hospital patients. This is similar to research

conducted by Patel et al. (2018) who proposed similar results for patients suffering from HIV

and type 2 diabetes.

He also explained that the process took a long time and that certain steps had to be removed or

removed at the hospital. The interviewee was asked about the things which he faces when he

enters the clinic. The moment he wakes up when he is still at home, up until he comes to the

clinic and up until he leaves the clinic. The whole process, how does it go when he comes for a

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clinic visit? The interviewee replied that he wakes up in the morning around 6. Wash, have some

coffee or tea. It takes me fifteen minutes to get to the clinic from where he lives. So he must be

here at 7 o'clock, go to the club and get his card. He puts his card in a box and then they go to the

urine section where they urinate into small containers and they test their urine, and they test their

blood. And then, during the testing, on the diabetes side, if they find out that their levels are 15

upwards, then it is too high, that is when they send him to the doctor, but if his levels are below

15, around 10 or 9, then the level is fine. Then he does not need to see the doctor that day. They

just send him to the pharmacy to get the medication

Moreover, the interviewee was asked that What about at the HIV clinic? What is the process like

when he is coming for the ARVs? The interviewee replied saying that he mostly comes around

Fridays because it is fewer people on a Friday. And there it is much quicker than the diabetes

side because there he gets sent the same time. When he gets here, he puts his card in the box and

the nurses will take the boxes and fetch the folders and at the same time, he gets sent to the

pharmacy. So it is less than two hours, or more, or less than two hours.

Participant P6

Another patient, aged 50 to 55 with 5 to 10 years with HIV and 5 to 10 years with type 2

diabetes, also carefully answered these questions and discovered the problems he encountered.

He defined that he had many problems with diabetes, not AIDS. Applicants were asked about

issues that both sides encountered. So he replied that he had no problem with HIV because all

they did here was check the blood and when they couldn't find the space it was bad.

Furthermore, he was asked that now even if he is within his home, are there any other things that

make it very difficult for him to take care of his health. The responsibilities that he has to take

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care of on a daily basis in the house and now also he has to be managing his HIV condition and

his diabetes condition? Is he managing to balance to those tasks? Maintaining his health and the

tasks that come with being the mother, being the head of the 93 house, being everything? He

replied suggesting that It is not easy being able to when everything has to be done by him, and he

has an eighteen-year-old that he has to take care of, and he has diabetes and his sugar levels are

up from, he has slept twice already in trauma unit because of such. He understands when he has

an eighteen-year-old what happens. So and then he gets to the clinic also they do not understand

why their sugar levels are up. He tries to explain to them and they do not understand all they tell

him is that he has to, he should at least try and keep it 100 below, try and always be alright.

Summary of key findings

There are several things which was found out from this research of patients and their issues

which they were facing in the clinic for the treatment of HIV and Type II diabetes. The study

found that the first patient's problem was that he had to wait a long time for HIV treatment and

type 2 diabetes, and sometimes had to wait until the next day, but he felt the problem was

resolved and ignored. As a result of the problem, he identified a limited supply of doctors within

a few days and few doctors for HIV and type 2 diabetes, so hospital improvements were needed

to improve treatment for hospital patients, whereas the second patient had many problems with

diabetes. He had no problem with HIV because all they did here was check the blood and when

they couldn't find the anything bad.

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Patch 4

The reflective model which is chosen for analysis of my reflection is Gibb’s reflective model

which includes description, feelings, evaluations, conclusion, and actions (Husebø et al. 2015).

All those are defined below;

Description

This module emerged as a way of understanding how essential theories of learning might be

included in a process of research. Since I work in this field, it was important for me to

understand how to apply the knowledge gained in these chapters to my everyday work. I found it

difficult to include everything in this module such as the information about theoretical

foundations and philosophical perspectives, but I did try to mention a few things. I did not want

to force anything into the module that I did not find relevant to the lesson I was doing research.

There were three different tasks of this module which I performed in this module. In the first

tasks, I analyzed several research papers and researchers’ work who had conducted research on

the influence of exercise on the mental health of individuals. In the second task, I analyzed

quantitative data through the use of SPSS software, and in the third part, I analyzed qualitative

data i.e. interviews of patients. The second task of this module was quite tough for me and I

faced several difficulties while doing it because I had less knowledge of SPSS software, but I

learned it initially and performed this task as per the requirement of the task. Overall I have truly

enjoyed performing these tasks. I would like to sum up and reflect on everything I have learned

this semester is research skills.

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Feelings

My skills and knowledge at the beginning of a semester of research skills were very small. I am

not going to lie, I never really thought about how I could utilize the internet and web to help me

be successful and enhance my learning (Graham and Walton, 2018). Now, at the end of the

semester, there are so many online tools I am aware of and have begun to use to be more

successful. The internet, google, and the web are more than just the place you check your email

and scroll through Facebook. There are several useful tools of research which I have used in this

module.

Of course, this module is most relevant to my career. From the first task I started, I was excited

and started learning the module. Of course, teamwork always plays an important role in a project

and my whole team knows it. Fortunately, most teams (always working) seem to have performed

well and collaborated with each other on previous projects (Reynolds and Vince, 2017). I always

have many positions. This is because the other members of my group feel comfortable and know

that I respect my point of view and that everyone is the same.

In the early stages of project development and the ideas behind it, I felt that things were going

particularly well. We divided into a small group of 3/4, discussed several ideas, and then

presented our ideas to others (Cottrell, 2017). I think this is quite a long task, but the important

thing is that we have come up with many ideas. Human thoughts are the main themes that follow

the impact of physical activity on personal mental health. With a few basic ideas in mind, we

decide that the best way is to vote and choose the ideas we think we want to develop further.

First, we come up with ideas that could offer a lot of content and research potential.

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Evaluations

There are several useful things that I have learned throughout this course. I will say the most

useful, to me personally, is the research skills. I am able to track and schedule my life, and I

really enjoy using it to stay organized. Another useful thing I learned was all the helpful websites

for learning, studying, writing and time management. There are a lot of great websites out there

over a vast number of topics and techniques that can be useful to help you study, write or

manage your time. I was pretty ignorant of most of them, but now there are multiple that I visit

for help (Langbehn et al. 2017).

I have learned quite a few things about myself while taking the module. The Time Management

Self-Assessment at the beginning and end of the course taught me how well I managed and

prioritized my time. At the beginning of the module, I was okay at managing and staying on task

and not getting distracted (Gilbert et al. 2017). After taking the assessment at the end of the

course, I have become much better at goal setting, prioritizing, managing interruptions and

procrastinating. So, basically, I came to know that I had a lot of room for improvement, and I

think throughout this course I really did enhance on the management of time (Cunliffe, and

Easterby-Smith, 2017), also, after analyzing quantitative data, and qualitative data, I learned

many things about research.

I would definitely apply a lot of what I learned in this class in the future. I will apply the skills of

time management, research skills and techniques of the organization to my daily life. I have

learned about myself that I work best when my life is very organized and planned out

(Pennycook et al. 2016). So, I will definitely be using my research skills in my future

professional and career life. Moreover, I will also further look for areas of improvement. I would

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also apply the note-taking methods I learned about to better take notes during my lectures in

class (Graham and Walton, 2018). Along with that, I have also figured out the way I learn best

and what styles and techniques do and do not work for me. I will set my goals and follow in the

future for conducting any research in my professional life.

Conclusion

Overall though, the module was the quite enjoyable and complete experience of challenging right

from the beginning to ending. Having conducting this research and analyzing quantitative data,

and qualitative data by scratch is extremely rewarding and could not have been achieved without

each group member contributing. I am very pleased with the outcome of these tasks. Again, it

was not possible for me to perform these tasks alone. On another side, though, my role was not

totally satisfying to me and I wished I might have performed more for this research. Though, I

have performed very well throughout this module as per my skills.

Action

I would definitely use several things that I have learned in this module in the coming future. I

will apply these skills such as research skills and organization techniques to my daily life, and

my future professional life. I have learned about myself that I perform best in some areas. So, I

will definitely be using my research skills in my future professional and career life. Moreover, I

will also further look for areas of improvement. I would also apply the note-taking method which

I learned about to better take notes during my lectures in class. Along with that, I have also

figured out the way I learn best and what styles and techniques do and do not work for me. I will

set my goals and follow in the future for conducting any research in my professional life.

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