Reading Research Literature – Week 5

Title: RRL

Name: [replace this text with your name]

The following questions pertain to:

Velayutham, S. G., Chandra, S. R., Bharath, S., & Shankar, R. G. (2017). Quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases: A pilot study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 39(2), 176-182. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.203132

• What is the purpose of this research?

• What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit.

• Give a complete description of the research design of this study.

• What is the population (sample) for this study?

• Was the sample approach adequate for the research design that was selected and explain why.

• Describe the data collection procedure.

• How were the data analyzed after collection?

• Discuss the limitations found in the study.

• Discuss the authors’ conclusions. Do you feel these conclusions are based on the data that they collected?

• How does this advance knowledge in the field?

The following questions pertain to:

Pals, R. S., Hansen, U. M., Johansen, C. B., Hansen, C. S., Jørgensen, M. E., Fleischer, J., & Willaing, I. (2015). Making sense of a new technology in clinical practice: a qualitative study of patient and physician perspectives. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-1071-1

• What is the purpose of this research?

• What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit.

• Give a complete description of the research design of this study.

• What is the population (sample) for this study?

• Was the sample approach adequate for the research design that was selected and explain why.

• Describe the data collection procedure.

• How were the data analyzed?

• Discuss the limitations found in the study?

• Discuss the authors’ conclusions. Do you feel these conclusions are based on the data that they collected?

• How does this advance knowledge in the field.