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l Burns: Understanding Nursing Research, 5th Edition

Appraisal Exercises

Critical Appraisal Guidelines for Qualitative Studies

Research Article: Stress and nursing care needs of women with breast cancer during primary treatment: A qualitative study

QUALITATIVE CRITICAL APPRAISAL GUIDELINES|KEY CONCEPTS INAPPRAISAL|
Problem Statement1. Identify the clinical problem and research problem that led to the study. 2. How did the author establish the significance of the study? In other words, why should the reader care about this study?||
Purpose and Research Questions1. Identify the purpose of the study. 2. List research questions that the study was designed to answer. If the author does not explicitly provide the questions, attempt to infer the questions from the answers. 3. Were the purpose and research questions related to the problem?4. Were qualitative methods appropriate to answer the research questions? ||
Literature Review1. Did the author cite quantitative and qualitative studies relevant to the focus of the study? What other types of literature did the author include?2. Are the references current? 3. Identify the disciplines of the authors of studies cited in this paper. Does it appear that the author searched databases outside of CINAHL for relevant studies?4. Did the author evaluate or indicate the weaknesses of the available studies? 5. Did the literature review include adequate information to build a logical argument? Another way to ask the question: Did the author provide enough evidence to support the verdict that the study was needed?| 4. The author mentioned limitations of the study by a bias. Some women who were mentally unstable, or if the nurses felt as if they would be over whelmed with the interview were excluded. 5. The author did go into detail about the many things that are need for a patient with breast cancer. |
Frame of Reference 1. Did the author identify a specific perspective from which the study was developed? If so, what was it? 2. When a researcher uses the grounded theory method of qualitative inquiry, the researcher may develop a framework or diagram as part of the findings of the study. Was a framework developed from the study findings? |1. The author did not mention a specific form which the study was developed. In my opinion it was developed to help with the coping of breast cancer in women. 2. The framework was to include the specific strain influencing the women affected during the time, the needs and expectations they had of the nurses. |
Research Tradition1. Identify the stated or implied research tradition upon which the study was based. 2. Were the methods used in the study consistent with the research tradition? |1. There was not a stated research tradition stated but the implied one was phenomological research because it was based on real life situations.2. The method used was consistent with the research tradition. The participants were interviewed and allowed to answer questions. They touched on many aspects of the strains when dealing with breast cancer. |
Sampling and Sample1. Identify how subjects were selected. 2. At what sites were subjects recruited for the study? Did the sites for recruitment fit the sampling needs of the study?3. What were the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the sample? 4. Were the selected subjects able to provide data relevant to the study purpose and research questions?5. How many people participated in the study? Did any potential subjects refuse to participate? Did any of the participants start but not finish the study? |1. The 42 women were chosen by the nurses ate the hospital. They had to meet the following criteria early tumors, no further metastases elsewhere, no malignant pre-existing disease or neoadjuvant therapy, and the ability to understand the German language. Pg. 122. The patients were recruited while impatient in the hospital. That was a proper site for recruitment for this study because they were determining the stress and nursing care.3. The inclusion was aimed at women with breast cancer in the stage of surgical procedures as primary therapy. The average ages of the women were 55 and the youngest person was 33 and the oldest was 79. pg12 |
Data Collection1. How were data collected in this study? 2. What rationale did the author provide for using this data collection method?3. Identify the time period for data collection of the study. 4. Describe the sequence of data collection events for a participant.||
Protection of Human Participants1. Identify the benefits and risks of participation addressed by the authors. Were there benefits or risks the authors do not identify?2. How were recruitment and consent techniques adjusted to accommodate the sensitivity of the subject matter and possible vulnerability of participants? 3. How were data collection and management techniques adapted in acknowledgment of participant sensitivity and vulnerability? ||
Data Management and Analysis1. Describe the data management and analysis methods used in the study.2. Did the author discuss how the rigor of the process was assured? 3. What measures were used to minimize the effects of researcher bias? 4. Did the data management and analysis methods fit the research purposes and data?||
Findings1. Did the findings address the purpose of the study?2. Were the data sufficiently analyzed? 3. Were the interpretations of data congruent with data collected?4. Did the researcher address variations in the findings by relevant sample characteristics?||
Discussion1. Did the results offer new information about the target phenomenon?2. Were the findings linked to findings in other studies or other relevant literatures?3. Describe the clinical, policy, theoretical, and other significance of the findings. Does the author explore these applications?||
Logic and Form of Findings1. Were readers able to hear the voice of the participants and gain an understanding of the phenomenon studied?2. Were elements of the research report easily found by readers?3. Did the overall presentation of the study fit its purpose, method, and findings?4. Was there a coherent logic to the presentation of findings?||
Evaluation Summary1. Do the findings provide a credible reflection of reality? If so, how can the findings be used in nursing practice?2. What do the findings add to the current body of knowledge?3. State the conclusion of the critical appraisal of the study. ||

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