Developing a framework for critiquing health research: An early evaluation

Caldwell, Kay; Henshaw, Lynne; Taylor, G.

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2010.11.025

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“…A very brief summary of findings for each cancer is included in the abstract with the main findings of the review reported as well as recommendations for further research. Therefore, given the information included in the abstract, it basically conforms to what is expected in an abstract of a narrative review except for the important statement of aims and/or objectives and omission of methodology not usually included in a narrative review (Caldwell et al, 2011;Green et al, 2006).…”

Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…A good title allows the reader to clearly interpret the topic of the study and should catch the attention of the reader to enable them to determine the relativity of the topic and/or interest to either inspire them to read or reject it (Caldwell et al, 2005;Marshall, 2005). In Yuan's paper the title accurately reflects the focus of the paper, green tea and cancer prevention, together with the words 'evidence from epidemiologic studies' indicating other publications are summarized in this review, therefore allowing the reader to interpret the content of the study and enable data bases to include the review in search results; an unclear or confusing title can mislead the reader (Caldwell et al, 2011). According to Green et al (2006), an abstract should present a brief summary of the main components including the aim and/or objective of the study, methodology and main findings.…”

Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yuan does, however, provide a foundation for the review, noting previous research in animal models consistently showed positive results in prevention in contrast to the mixed results in human studies so far. According to Caldwell et al (2011), the research should be placed in context by presenting a rationale for the research within current knowledge of the focus topic. Hence, the title and abstract should correctly represent the paper.…”

Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the author has a considerable amount of previously published research on this topic, it would be remiss to exclude them, however, it is a matter of perspective in considering if they are primary or secondary studies, although technically they are secondary. The literature included should be up-to-date and comprehensive (Caldwell et al, 2011). Given the paucity of research in complementary medicine (Ernst et al, 2004), this review's inclusion of research mostly from the past ten years is reasonable.…”

Section: Sources Relevance and Rigour Of Studies Included In A Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A critique: The good and bad of a review

McMullen

McClean

Pak

2015

TANG [HUMANITAS MEDICINE]

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Evidence based medicine involves using both the individual clinician's expertise and the current best available external clinical evidence from systematic research in deciding on the appropriate care for individual patients. The current approach to evidence based practice in healthcare adds a third component which is patient values. Evidence based practice is thus a triad, in which the practitioner's expertise, research evidence and the patient's values are all given consideration. The balance to be struck between them depends on the individual case. The literature indicates that complementary medicine practitioners are moving away from traditional knowledge and towards the use of evidence based practice in their clinical discussions. In the context of the daily practice of complementary medicine practitioners and their continuing development of their knowledge base of evidence based practice, this short review discusses the good and bad of a review journal article.

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Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodology and Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sources Relevance and Rigour Of Studies Included In A Reviewmentioning

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A critique: The good and bad of a review

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McClean

Pak

2015

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“…If all the screening criteria were fulfilled, a maximum score of 10 could be attained, and it was found that the majority of the studies scored 9 to 10 points. The critical appraisal of the quantitative studies (Caldwell, Henshaw, & Taylor, 2011) resulted in five publications fulfilling the criteria adequately and five with methodical limitations. In two of the latter studies, the total sample was very small (Ayerle et al, 2014;Nagel-Brotzler, Brönner, Hornstein, & Albani, 2005).…”

Section: Critical Appraisal Of Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interprofessional cooperation by midwives in the field of out-of-hospital obstetrical care: an integrative review / Interprofessionelle Kooperation von Hebammen im Handlungsfeld der ambulanten geburtshilflichen Versorgung: ein integratives Review

Schlüter-Cruse

Schnepp

Sayn-Wittgenstein

2016

International Journal of Health Professions

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The central objective of early prevention in Germany is an improved cooperation between professional groups of the health services and child and youth welfare in interprofessional networks. This objective derives from the realisation that proper care for families with infants can only be achieved if the various groups act in close integration. The 'Federal Initiative early prevention' explicitly calls for freelance midwives to be integrated in this context. However, only a few scientific findings on midwives' cooperation in networks of early prevention have been published to date. This integrative review aims to identify the central themes of interprofessional cooperation of midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care from national and international research literature. A systematic search of five research databases for publications between 2005 and 2015 was performed, complemented by a manual search. 25 studies were identified describing various contexts where midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care cooperate with other professional groups. Four key themes were analysed: contexts of cooperation, benefits of cooperation, facilitating and restrictive factors of cooperation, and competencies of cooperation. The studies show that there is only limited research coverage of the midwives' perspective regarding interprofessional cooperation. The existing studies examine the cooperation of midwives primarily with health care professionals, and secondarily with professionals in the social services. In order to expand knowledge on the cooperation of freelance midwives in the networks of early prevention, future research should focus on the perspective of midwives regarding cooperation with other professional groups, both in the health care sector and in the field of social services.interprofessional cooperation -midwife -out-of-hospital obstetrical care -review -early prevention Interprofessionelle Kooperation -Hebamme -ambulante geburtshilfliche Versorgung -Übersichtsarbeit -"Frühe Hilfen" Keywords Abstract

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Improving mathematical learning in Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence through problem posing: an integrative review

McDonald

Smith

2019

The Curriculum Journal

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of problem posing in learning mathematics at the compulsory education level. Despite acknowledging that children have a natural disposition to pose questions, no curricular provision currently exists for the conceptualisation and operationalisation of mathematical problem posing within Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence. In order to provide evidence to support any curricular change, integrative systematic review and narrative synthesis of quantitative and qualitative studies was conducted. Results suggest that problem posing can offer an array of valuable didactic benefits for pupils such as deeper conceptual knowledge, enhanced problem-solving skills and an increase in the enjoyment of mathematics. Evidence from the qualitative synthesis provides some tentative guidance on considerations regarding the integration of problem posing to the curriculum. This study argues that in order to improve future learning experiences, mathematical problem posing should be embedded in all Scottish classrooms. Furthermore, problem posing is determined to be effective in the pedagogical development of prospective primary and secondary mathematics practitioners.

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Developing a framework for critiquing health research: An early evaluation

Cited by 138 publications

References 9 publications

A critique: The good and bad of a review

A critique: The good and bad of a review

Interprofessional cooperation by midwives in the field of out-of-hospital obstetrical care: an integrative review / Interprofessionelle Kooperation von Hebammen im Handlungsfeld der ambulanten geburtshilflichen Versorgung: ein integratives Review

Improving mathematical learning in Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence through problem posing: an integrative review

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