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¶ … protection human participants, data collection, data analysis, problem statement, interpretation findings. Each study analysis 750-1,000 words submitted document.
CRITICAL APPRAISAL: QUANTITATIVE STUDY
Protection of Human Participants
• Identify the benefits and risks of participation addressed by the authors. Were there benefits or risks the authors do not identify?
The subjects of the quantitative study were children who had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, "an intensive therapy used to improve survivorship and cure various oncologic diseases. However, this therapy is associated with high mortality rates and numerous negative side-effects" (Chamorro-Vina 2012: 1). The participants had already elected to go through the procedure before the study began.
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects or participants?
Consent was obtained from the legal guardians; the children were not cognitively impaired and the children had to give their verbal agreement to participate (Chamorro-Vina 2012: 4).
• Did it seem that the subjects participated voluntarily in the study?
Yes, given they voluntarily submitted to an exercise program and both their and their parents' consent was obtained.
• Was institutional review board approval obtained from the agency in which the study was conducted?
The Alberta Hospital's approval was given (where the study was conducted).
Data Collection
• Are the major variables (independent and dependent variables) identified and defined? What were these variables?
The independent variable was participation in an exercise program for the transplant...
Fitness was assessed at baseline followed by a comprehensive assessment after the exercise regime in the experimental group. "Once consent has been obtained, the research nurse will be responsible for instructing participants (parents and pediatric patient) (1) on the use of the accelerometers and log book, (2) on how to perform the food record, and (3) on the QOL [Quality of Life] assessment" (Chamorro-Vina 2012:6).
Data Management and Analysis
• Describe the data management and analysis methods used in the study.
Data was accumulated via physicians and healthcare providers in the hospital setting and by participants, after being instructed, during the outpatient setting.
• Did the author discuss how the rigor of…
Reference
Chamorro-Vina, C. (et al. 2012). Exercise in pediatric autologous stem cell transplant patients.
BMC Cancer, 12, 401.
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