Reference no: EM133551980

After reading both articles, create:

Question 1. Introduction

Provide a brief summary of both the media report and journal article including a description of the type of publication

Question 2. The media report

• Why has the journalist chosen to write a media report on this topic? (Comment on aspects such as, the tone of the report, advertising content, sponsorship, vested interests in promoting the claim in the report, bias, shock value)
• What is the main message that a patient might obtain from the media report? (Comment on why a particular patient group might be interested in the issue?)

Question 3. The medical journal article

• What research question is being examined in the medical study?
• Identify and describe the type of study design used in the research on which the medical journal article is based? (Briefly explain the study methodology).
• Explain whether the study design is appropriate to answer the research question.
• Discuss whether there any weaknesses to the study design that limit the interpretation of the findings.
• Describe what alternative study designs could be used to answer the question? Would these study designs be stronger or weaker than the one that was used?
• Give an explanation for why do you think that the investigators chose to use the study design that they did use.
• What are the main results of the study, you can provide a descriptive summary. Explain what the results mean in terms of the primary research question.
• Were there any ethical issues raised by the study? Would there be any ethical issues raised if the study had been conducted using another study design?

Question 4. Putting the media report and the journal article together

• Is the media report consistent with the findings of the medical journal article?
• Considering the perspective of a concerned patient, how would you explain the implications of the results of the study to that patient?
• Considering the perspective of the population, rather than an individual patient, what implications are there for health policy from the findings of this study?