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Abstract
Latest research findings can provide an evidence base for health care practice which ultimately improves outcomes for patients. With so much published research out there, how do you find, evaluate and use the most relevant studies to shape your own health care practice?
This friendly book walks you through the key stages of locating, selecting and evaluating research findings in health care. Offering an engaging, practice-based approach to an often daunting task, the book:
- Explores how to appraise and apply data drawn from a range of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies;
- Demonstrates how research findings can influence decision-making and can improve your own practice, as well as that of your team;
- Uses stimulating practice scenarios and worked examples to provide a transferrable blueprint for evidence based practice;
Drawing on the author's extensive research and teaching experience within the field of practice development, Using Research in Practice is an essential text for any health care student or practitioner seeking to evaluate and develop their own evidence base.
…a robust illustration of the importance of evidence based practice for students. This book explains and exemplifies the principles of research, research critique and research application in an engaging and novel way, and addresses many of the practicalities of reading about and using research as part of professional practice…' - Dr Geraldine Lyte, BNurs Programme Director, University of Manchester, UK
'This is an accessible text that will help students develop their understanding of evidence-based practice.' - Karen Hayward, School of Health, University Campus Suffolk, UK
'...refreshing book ...inspires us to believe we can and should get involved in evidence-based practice.' - Nursing Standard
DR. JAQUI HEWITT-TAYLOR is Practice Development Fellow, School of Health and Social Care,Bournemouth University, UK.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| List of Tables and Figures | xi | ||
| Part I: What is research, and why should it be used? | 1 | ||
| 1 Why should we use research? | 3 | ||
| The benefits of using research | 3 | ||
| The challenges involved in using research | 5 | ||
| Summary | 8 | ||
| 2 What is research? | 9 | ||
| Defining research | 9 | ||
| Research language | 11 | ||
| Research, audit and clinical evaluation | 11 | ||
| Research paradigms | 13 | ||
| Methodologies and methods | 15 | ||
| Summary | 16 | ||
| Part II: Is the research any good? | 17 | ||
| 3 Finding information | 19 | ||
| Where to look for information | 19 | ||
| Deciding what information you need | 21 | ||
| Identifying key words | 22 | ||
| Boolean and, or and not | 24 | ||
| Truncation and Wildcards | 25 | ||
| Searching in the right field | 26 | ||
| Recording the results of searches | 26 | ||
| Summary | 27 | ||
| 4 Appraising research | 29 | ||
| Why research needs to be appraised | 29 | ||
| What the research is about | 31 | ||
| Literature review | 31 | ||
| Methodology | 32 | ||
| Methods | 32 | ||
| Sampling | 33 | ||
| Ethical considerations | 36 | ||
| Analysis | 38 | ||
| Reliability and validity | 38 | ||
| Results and findings | 39 | ||
| Conclusions and recommendations | 39 | ||
| Is the study is applicable? | 40 | ||
| Using existing frameworks to evaluate research | 40 | ||
| Summary | 41 | ||
| 5 Appraising quantitative research | 46 | ||
| The principles of quantitative enquiry | 46 | ||
| Practice situations in which quantitative enquiry is likely to be useful | 46 | ||
| Research question/hypothesis | 47 | ||
| Research design/methodology | 48 | ||
| Sampling | 51 | ||
| Methods of data collection | 51 | ||
| Reliability and validity | 52 | ||
| Data analysis | 53 | ||
| Results | 59 | ||
| Conclusions and recommendations | 60 | ||
| Application to practice | 60 | ||
| Summary | 61 | ||
| 6 Appraising qualitative research | 65 | ||
| Principles of qualitative enquiry | 65 | ||
| Situations in which qualitative enquiry may be useful | 65 | ||
| Research question | 66 | ||
| Literature review | 66 | ||
| Methodology | 67 | ||
| Methods | 68 | ||
| Sampling | 71 | ||
| Data analysis | 72 | ||
| Truth of data | 73 | ||
| Findings | 76 | ||
| Conclusions | 76 | ||
| Applying qualitative research to practice | 76 | ||
| Summary | 77 | ||
| 7 Appraising mixed methods research | 81 | ||
| The principles of mixed methods research | 81 | ||
| When mixed methods research may be useful? | 83 | ||
| What is the research about? | 83 | ||
| Literature review | 83 | ||
| Methodology | 84 | ||
| Methods of data collection | 85 | ||
| Sample | 86 | ||
| Ethical issues | 86 | ||
| Data analysis | 87 | ||
| Findings | 88 | ||
| Conclusions and recommendations | 89 | ||
| Quality in mixed methods research | 89 | ||
| Applying mixed methods research to practice | 90 | ||
| Summary | 90 | ||
| 8 Using summaries of evidence | 94 | ||
| Using summaries of evidence | 94 | ||
| Systematic reviews | 95 | ||
| Meta analysis | 99 | ||
| Meta synthesis | 104 | ||
| Mixed methods synthesis | 107 | ||
| Clinical guidelines | 107 | ||
| Hierarchies of evidence | 109 | ||
| Summary | 110 | ||
| Part III: Putting research into practice | 113 | ||
| 9 Making decisions | 115 | ||
| What you need to make a decision | 115 | ||
| Patient experiences and preferences | 118 | ||
| Making the 'right' decision | 121 | ||
| Explaining and defending your decisions | 122 | ||
| Summary | 122 | ||
| 10 Changing your practice | 123 | ||
| Deciding what you want to change | 123 | ||
| Aims or objectives | 125 | ||
| Planning what you will do | 126 | ||
| Resources | 127 | ||
| Barriers to change | 128 | ||
| Timetable | 129 | ||
| Evaluating your new practice | 129 | ||
| Planning for sustained change | 129 | ||
| Defending your practice | 130 | ||
| Action planning | 130 | ||
| Summary | 131 | ||
| 11 Changing team practice | 132 | ||
| Deciding on what needs to be changed | 133 | ||
| Ways to approach change management | 133 | ||
| Force field analysis | 134 | ||
| Barriers to change | 135 | ||
| Key players | 138 | ||
| Readiness for change | 140 | ||
| Changing practice | 141 | ||
| Motivating managers to allow changed practice | 142 | ||
| Changing multidisciplinary practice | 143 | ||
| Summary | 145 | ||
| 12 Evaluating new practice | 146 | ||
| What should be evaluated? | 146 | ||
| When to evaluate? | 147 | ||
| Approaches to evaluation | 148 | ||
| Evaluation methods | 149 | ||
| Who or what to collect information from? | 151 | ||
| Who should gather data? | 151 | ||
| Biases | 152 | ||
| When to collect data? | 153 | ||
| Interpreting data | 153 | ||
| Ethics and evaluation | 154 | ||
| Sharing the findings | 155 | ||
| Planning ongoing change | 155 | ||
| Summary | 156 | ||
| Conclusion | 157 | ||
| Appendix 1: Deciding whether to use a study's findings | 159 | ||
| Appendix 2: Was an appropriate statistical test used? | 162 | ||
| Appendix 3: Action plan template examples | 163 | ||
| Appendix 4: Additional resources | 164 | ||
| References | 166 | ||
| Index | 179 |