Reference no: EM133254568

The article I chose is "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinically diagnosed psychiatric disorders in persons with type 2 diabetes". Or search online for this topic. 

You will select and analyze one of the articles from the list you generated relating to your topic.   Please make sure the article is not tertiary research before doing this assignment.  If you use tertiary research, you will need to repeat the assignment.  The critique will consist of the following topics.  For each, answer the questions and briefly explain your answer.  You may submit your answers in numbered form - you do not need to write this as a manuscript.  Please supply the web address where the professor may access the article or provide the article in paper form.

1. Research citation: Provide a link to the article.
2. Title: Is the title clear - does it tell you the topic of the article?
3. Abstract: What is the format of the abstract (structured [headings] or unstructured)?
4. Introduction: What is the health problem? What is still unclear?  Why is the current research project important?
5. Research question: What is the hypothesis or research question the study is addressing? (If more than one, choose the one of most interest to you.) What are the IV(s), DV, and population?
6. Sample: Who was included in the sample? What is the sample size? How was the sample selected?
7. Measures: What tools were used to measure the IV(s) and DV? Are these tools appropriate for what is being measured and for the sample? Are there better tools to use, to your knowledge?
8. Procedure: What did the researchers do to collect the data? Have the procedures been presented in enough detail to enable a reader to duplicate them?
9. Discussion: What do the authors conclude from the results? How similar or different are the findings from previous studies? What limitations of the data do the researchers identify? What questions are raised by the findings OR what do the researchers say is needed in the design of related future studies?
10. Concerns, Questions, and Suggestions: What concerns, questions or suggestions do you have related to this area of research?