Nursing Quantitative Study Essay.

Initial Post: Complete the following article critique on a Quantitative study. Attach or link your article to the discussion post.

Article Critique: Findings of a Quantitative Study

Purpose, Criteria, Methods, and Results

What was the purpose of the study (research questions, purposes, and hypotheses)?
How was the sample obtained?

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What inclusion or exclusion criteria were used?

Who from the sample actually participated or contributed data (demographic or clinical profile and dropout rate)?
What methods were used to collect data (e.g., sequence, timing, types of data, and measures)?

Was an intervention tested? If yes, how was the sample size determined? Were patients randomly assigned to treatment groups?
What are the main findings of the study?
Credibility
Answer the following questions as Yes, No, or Not Clear.
Is the study published in a source that required peer review?
*Did the data obtained and the analysis conducted answer the research question?
Were the measuring instruments reliable and valid?
*Were important extraneous variables and bias controlled?
*If an intervention was tested, answer the following five questions:

Were participants randomly assigned to groups and were the two groups similar at the start (before the intervention)?

Were the interventions well-defined and consistently delivered?

Were the groups treated equally other than the difference in interventions?

If no difference was found, was the sample size large enough to detect a difference if one existed?
If a difference was found, are you confident it was due to the intervention?
Are the findings consistent with findings from other studies?
Are the findings credible?
Clinical Significance
Note any difference in means, r2s, or measures of clinical effects (ABI, NNT, RR, OR).

*Is the target population clearly described? (yes, no, or not clear)
*Is the frequency, association, or treatment effect impressive enough for you to be confident that the finding would make a clinical difference if used as the basis for care? (yes, no, or not clear)
Are the findings clinically significant? (yes, no, or not clear)
Do you feel this article would be useful for your project? Explain.