IAPRAguidelines_July214.docx

Part I (80)

Research Question

5

· Accurately/Clearly states group’s Research Question as your group formulated

Purpose of Study

5

· Describe the purpose of the study as the author stated in the article.

· Do NOT change or modify the statement on the article

Variables

10

· Identify study variables from the above stated Purpose of Study

· Quantitative Study: Dependent & Independent variables

OR

· Descriptive, Qualitative Study: Variables of Interest

Participants

5

5

5

· Enrollment: How did they recruit eligible participants in the study?

· Eligibility: Describe Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

· Numbers: Total numbers of participants in the study

Intervention Procedures

Obtaining Information Procedures

35

Quantitative Study:

· Intervention Group: Describe the detailed Intervention contents, procedures, and person who provided Intervention for Intervention group.

· Control Group: Describe the detailed contents, procedures, and person who provided contents for Control group

OR

Descriptive Study:

· Describe the detailed procedure for obtaining information/data (i.e. made appointment to meet each participant, visited home/met clinical……etc)

Format

10

Followed APA format for paper and in-text citations

Part II (75)

Data Collection

Measurement Tools

5

25

· Describe ALL data collection methods in detail (i.e. survey, interview, observation)

· Describe each measurement tool/instrument used to measure study outcomes in detail.

Participant Characteristics/Sociodemographic Findings

All other Results/Findings

10

25

· Must be descriptive and comprehensive

· Describe participant characteristics or sociodemographic findings

· Describe the findings of Tables/Figures to provide comprehensive information about participant characteristics as article provided

· Describe ALL Other Results/Findings besides above participant characteristics in the article in detail for each Result item

· Each Result item may include Headings/Subheadings of Results as the article provided.

· Do NOT simply saying “pain level was decreased,” “adherence was increased” – provide numbers or % if available

· Do NOT include contents from Discussion and/or Conclusion in the article.

Format

10

· Followed APA format for paper and in-text citations

Part III (45)

Synthesis of Findings

10

· Describe the Rationale for how/why Finding of each intervention/factor helps your Research Question (i.e. how or by what mechanism does music therapy help pain? How does sucking stimulation increase oral intake for pre-term infants?)

· Should NOT repeat same contents you had on Findings section and/or article

· Should have citation of analyzed article(s)

· May include citations from other sources for above described rationale and mechanism (i.e. textbooks, CDC…etc)

Nursing Implication

7

· How can nurses implement the research findings into nursing practice?

Format

3

· Followed APA format for paper, in-text citation, references.

Article Summary Table (Group)

25

· Describe article on Research Article Summary Table

· Use bullet points for each column in the Table

· Submit Table as separate document