Reference no: EM133675801

Questions

Reducing Length of Labor and Cesarean Surgery Rate Using a Peanut Ball for Women Laboring With an Epidural

1. Was the research problem was clearly stated?

2. Does the problem have significance for nursing?

3. Was the statement of the problem clearly addressed?

4. What is the authors stated purpose of the study?

5. Is this purpose statement reflective of what was done in the study?Does the review seem thorough and does it provide a state of the art synthesis of evidence on the research problem?

6. Does it include recent research and literature (within the last 10 years)?

7. Do the authors critique the research in the literature review for weaknesses and identify gaps in existing literature?

8. Does the literature review lay foundation/argument for conducting a new study?

9. Evaluate whether the study participants were subjected to any physical harm, discomfort, or psychological distress. Did the researchers take appropriate steps to remove, or prevent harm or minimize discomfort?

10. Assess if the benefits of the study outweighed any potential risks, costs or discomfort to participants.

11.  Were vulnerable groups involved ( according to the NIH)? If yes were special precautions taken because of the vulnerability status of the participants?

12. Did the authors clearly describe that informed consent was obtained?

13. Was the study approved by the Institutional Review Board or other similar ethic review committee of a university and the research sites?

14. Evaluate whether the type of approach (interview, questionnaire, observation, biophysiologic) was appropriately used to collect data.

15. What specifically were the data collected?

16. What information was provided about how, where, and under what circumstances data were collected?

17. Who collected the data and were they adequately trained?

18. Was the approach appropriate and adequate for the data needed?