Due 3/28 by MIDNIGHT on Blackboard
Instructions:
- Conduct a literature search answering the research question: For clients with COPD, is tele-rehabilitation an effective intervention?
- Locate 3 quantitative research article answering the above research question
- Complete the following table below on each article. Provide rationale for each column (can be bullet points)
- Then locate 1 secondary research article answering the research question
- In addition to uploading this chart, you must upload all 4 articles (screen shots of abstracts are acceptable). Will not accept links to articles
| Sources (Authors, Year) | For quantitative articles- state rationale why (can be bullet points) IF SECONDARY SOURCE- just state secondary | Level of Evidence and WHY? (use slide 26 as reference) |
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Instructions: Read the following article “Long-term exercise maintenance in COPD via telerehabilitation: a two-year pilot study” (can be found in Course Materials section on Blackboard).
Answer the following questions.
Introduction:
1. What is the hypothesis of the study?
2. Is there a clear link between the purpose of the study, literature review,
and research question? Provide a rationale supporting your answer.
Methods:
3. What is the study design?
4. What is the intervention?
5. How many subjects/participants?
• Inclusion/exclusion criteria, age, gender, status
6. What are the outcomes measures used?
8. Was the intervention described in detail- can it be reproduced?
Results:
9. What were the main results of the study?
10. How were the results presented? (tables, graphs, themes?)
11. Are the results significant?
Discussion/Conclusion:
13. What was the main conclusion of the study?
14. What were the strengths/weakness of the study?
15. What was the significance of study- impact on clinical care?
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