Qlt1 Task 1

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Recommended: the theory behind research design

1. Identify whether the research design for each article was appropriate for the purpose of the study.
Group 11: The research design was longitudinal in this study. This design was appropriate for measuring hospital staff adherence to isolation precautions before and after the introduction of the intervention.
Group 12: The research design in this article an assessor blinded, two center randomized control trial. I think this was the best fit for the researchers’ purpose of comparing the effectiveness of bladder training versus pelvic floor muscle training. The design provides strong evidence for evidence-based practice (Houser, 2015, p. 23).
Group 13: The research design utilized a mixed method approach. The researchers gathered quantitative and qualitative data. I think this was the best …show more content…

Describe the strengths and limitations of each study.
Group 11: The results is this research study offer significant support for the intervention of staff education and behavioral contracts in increasing adherence to isolation precautions. I would consider the small amount of observations, use of one hospital, and length of the study to be limitations. I also feel results could have been influenced by the presence of staff from the Office of the Inspector General, in that hospital staff were more likely to follow isolation precautions during their visits.
Group 12: A strength of this study is that it was conducted as a randomized control trial. Limitations include the participants’ honesty and abilities to fill out accident diaries and the time span of data collection might not be adequate to measure a true improvement in pelvic muscle strength.
Group 13: I consider using objective measurements such as actigraphy and psychomotor vigilance testing to be a strength in this research study. The participant selection criteria, sample size, and length of data collection are possible limitations to this study in regards to relating the findings to a larger nursing

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