Critical appraisal

1. Critical apprasial

2. Critical Appraisal is an essential step
in the process of putting research into
practice.
Asking methodology, scrutinizing its
data collection and analysis methods,
and evaluating how its findings are
presented will help you to determine
whether that questions about an
article’s research article’s conclusions
should influence practical decision
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4. Read the journal article carefully and
then use the following format as a
guideline for your critique.

5. 1. General Overview:
Is the title of the article appropriate and adequate?
Does the abstract (if any) provide adequate summary of the study? (The abstract is a very brief summary
of the study. It indicates the problem studied, the study objective(s), the general methodology and the
result of the study).
Does the article provide adequate information on what/who are being studied, where and when was the
study carried out?
2. The Research Problem:
Was the research problem clearly identified and stated?
Were the specific questions for research specified, or can they be implied?
State the research problem (briefly). State the specific research question(s) if any
investigated in this study

6. 3. Objectives:
Was the general objective of the study specified?
Were the specific objectives of the study specified?
4. Hypothesis (if applicable):
o Were the hypothesis underlying the study specified?
State the hypothesis relevant to this study.

7. 5. Research strategy/ Study design
How would you classify this study?
Descriptive, validating and surveillance strategies.
Observational of analytic strategies:
6. Study Population:
Which are the units of observation in the study?
7. Data Collected:
What are the data collected?
Which are the independent and dependent variables?
Are the variables clearly defined? (if applicable).

8. 8.Methodology
Sampling
What was the sampling method used in the selection of the study units?
Is the sample of sufficient size to be dependable and to allow tests of statistical significance to be
applied?
Is the sample representative of the reference population or universe?
Were there any steps taken to minimize sampling errors (such as non-response and selection
bias)?

9. 9.Controls (if applicable)
How were the treatment and control groups allocated?
Ethical Considerations
Were the ethical problems adequately considered?
10.Conclusion:
Did the conclusion flow logically from the results of the study and the discussion of the results or
were they biased?
Are the results of the study consistent with what you know from literature review or from personal
research experience Would you accept the results of this study?
Yes unquestionably
Yes with some reservation
Yes with strong reservation
No

10. Overall:
What is your overall evaluation of this study in terms of strengths and weaknesses?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Conclusion
Critical appraisal of a research paper or project is a fundamental skill in
modern medical practice for assessing the worth of clinical research and
in providing a guidline of its relevance to the profession

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