Data analysis
As this was a clinical audit, sample
size was not calculated. A general
inductive, qualitative (Thomas,
2006) approach was used to analyse
responses to the long and short
term goals. Two authors independently
reviewed all the goals several
times and grouped them into
categories that were predetermined
based on an initial evaluation of the
short and long term goals that were
set. From this coding scheme, the
categories were inductively developed
to identify common themes
that refl ected the long and short
terms set by the CR participants.
Quantitative data of participants
who set goals were analysed using
SPSS V17. The descriptive statistics
and results are presented as frequencies,
means, range, percentages and
standard deviations. Differences
between patients who set goals and
those who did not were analysed
using the chi-squared test for categorical
data and the t-test for continuous
data. As patients set more
than one goal, the number of goals
rather than number of patients have
been analysed