Synopsis What was the purpose of the study (research questions, purposes, and hypothesis)?
Synopsis What was the purpose of the study (research questions, purposes, and hypothesis)?
How was the sample obtained?What inclusion or exclusion criteria were used? What methods were used to collect data( e.g.,sequence,timing, types of data, and measures)?Was an intervention tested? Yes or No 1. How was the sample size determined?2. Were patients randomly assigned to treatment groups?What are the main findings? Credibility Is the study published in a source that required peer review?
Was the design used appropriate to the research question?
Did the data obtained and analysis conducted answer the research question?
Were the measuring instruments reliable and valid? Were important extraneous variables and bias controlled?
Was the study free of extraneous variables introduced by how, when, and where the study was done?Is the frequency, association, or treatment, effect impressive enough for you to be confident that the finding would make a clinical difference if it were used as the
basis for care? Are the findings clinically significant?
Conclusion (Conclude your paper by stating whether you agree or disagree with the “Discussion” section in the study, or are there other ideas/research areas that
should be addressed? Do you think the study findings would be different if the study was conducted with nurses in the USA, or do you think the findings would be very
similar?)