research critque

Assignment #2 Instructions

The purpose of the three research critiques is to help you become familiar with analyzing

research reports, enabling you to quickly identify where key information is typically located

in such articles. Through this process, you will answer pertinent questions related to each

type of study. This foundational skill will prepare you for rapid critical appraisal (RCA) in NU

745 and guide you in selecting the appropriate RCA tools to evaluate the validity, reliability,

and applicability of articles to practice.

We will use established reporting guidelines to frame the questions you should consider for

each research design. These guidelines were developed to standardize and improve the

quality of published literature by ensuring that studies include the critical information

needed to assess their validity (Are the study results credible?) and reliability (What are the

study results?).

The EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research)

website, available at https://www.equator-network.org/, provides access to a

comprehensive collection of reporting standards categorized by study or article type. I

intentionally use the term “article type” because systematic reviews and meta-analyses are

not considered studies.

The reporting guidelines for the three research critiques in this course are outlined in Table

1. To complete these critiques, download the CONSORT 2010 and PRISMA checklists from

the EQUATOR website in MS Word format. The COREQ checklist is available in the

Research Critique folder on Blackboard, along with PDFs of the three articles listed in

Table 2.

Table 1 identifies the study/article types and the corresponding reporting guidelines. The

questions in Table 1 are specifically aligned with each reporting guideline and must be

answered using the information provided in the study/article.

For example, in Week 3, students will access the first article: Reid, C., Fenech, M., Jones,

L., & Salehi, N. (2020). Nurse practitioner interventions for smokers with chronic hepatitis

C. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 32(5), 380389.

. Students will determine the type of study

or article, select the appropriate reporting guideline from the three listed in Table 1, and

answer the “Questions to Answer” listed in the final column of Table 1 for the

corresponding guideline.

Reporting Guidelines and Key Questions for Appraising Research Studies or Reviews

Study/Article Type Reporting Guideline Questions to Answer

Randomized Control Trials CONSORT 2010 checklist 3b through 17b

Systematic Reviews PRISMA 5-22

Qualitative Study COREQ (Posted on Blackboard) 1-29

apa format-7th edition