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Abstract
Ideal for both students and health professionals alike, Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals, 6th Edition is a practical beginner-level introduction to health sciences research. The text is written in a manner that assumes you have little or no experience with analyzing published research, and provides guidelines for reading and understanding research articles. It also covers important elements of published research, such as research methods, common terminology, data analysis and results. All chapters have been updated. The book also briefly discusses common barriers to the application of research results in practice.
- Concise overview of health sciences-related research maximizes your study time by including all popular types of research methodologies.
- UNIQUE! Tips boxes provide easy-to-follow, practical suggestions for those who are new to the subject.
- UNIQUE! Alert! boxes warn of common assumptions made when reading research.
- Accompanying website provides up-to-date links for relevant research projects and other research-related sites, and offers Reader's Companion Worksheets for qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and systematic reviews.
- NEW! All chapters updated with the key terms and explanation of common research methods.
- NEW! Content on using the web, social media and avoiding predatory journals.
- NEW! Expansion on applying research to improve patient outcomes helps you to understand the importance of research.
- NEW! Introductory overview chapter gives you a better understanding of how the book is organized and how to utilize its content.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Inside Front Cover | ES2 | ||
| Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals | i | ||
| Copyright | ii | ||
| Contents | iii | ||
| About the Authors | vii | ||
| Preface | viii | ||
| Acknowledgements | x | ||
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 1 | ||
| Why read research articles? | 2 | ||
| Some friendly advice about reading research articles | 3 | ||
| Check out the reader’s companion worksheets | 4 | ||
| Chapter 2: Easy Steps for Reading Research | 5 | ||
| Title | 5 | ||
| Abstract | 6 | ||
| Introduction | 6 | ||
| Theory Issues | 7 | ||
| Methods | 8 | ||
| Design | 8 | ||
| Part 1: Qualitative Design Methods | 9 | ||
| Rigour in Qualitative Studies | 12 | ||
| Sample and Setting | 13 | ||
| Data Collection | 14 | ||
| Data Analysis and Results | 14 | ||
| Part 2: Quantitative Design Methods | 15 | ||
| Experimental Designs | 17 | ||
| Non-Experimental Designs | 18 | ||
| Rigour in Quantitative Studies | 19 | ||
| Sample | 21 | ||
| Sample Size Requirements | 21 | ||
| Data Collection | 22 | ||
| How to Judge the Rigour of a Data Collection Tool | 22 | ||
| Sensitivity and Specificity | 23 | ||
| Data Analysis and Results | 24 | ||
| Descriptive Statistics | 24 | ||
| Inferential Statistics | 25 | ||
| Common statistical concepts and terms | 25 | ||
| Part 3: Mixed Methods Research | 28 | ||
| Mixed Methods Study Characteristics | 29 | ||
| Mixed Methods Data Collection and Analysis | 29 | ||
| Sequential | 29 | ||
| Concurrent | 30 | ||
| Results and Discussion | 31 | ||
| A final suggestion: the acknowledgements | 32 | ||
| Chapter 3: Finding Interesting Research Results | 33 | ||
| Where and How to Start | 33 | ||
| Define Your Clinical Question | 33 | ||
| Steps in Constructing a PICO Chart | 33 | ||
| Search a database for relevant research | 33 | ||
| Search Terms | 34 | ||
| How Far Back Should You Search? | 35 | ||
| Review articles | 36 | ||
| How to Read the Fictional Forest Plot Depicting a Meta-Analysis | 37 | ||
| Appraising Reviews | 38 | ||
| Searching the internet for research articles | 38 | ||
| Peer review | 39 | ||
| A cautionary note about predatory or fake journals on the internet | 40 | ||
| How will I know if a journal is fake? | 41 | ||
| Why should I be concerned if the paper is published in a predatory journal? | 41 | ||
| Web portals | 41 | ||
| Other types of databases | 42 | ||
| Keeping up to date | 42 | ||
| Social media: facebook | 42 | ||
| Chapter 4: Using Research Results | 44 | ||
| Research utilization | 44 | ||
| The Questions to Ask | 44 | ||
| Clinical practice guidelines | 47 | ||
| Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation | 47 | ||
| Practice Guideline Websites | 47 | ||
| The decision to use research results | 48 | ||
| Gathering Support and Resources | 48 | ||
| Want to learn more? | 50 | ||
| Bibliography | 51 | ||
| Glossary | 52 | ||
| Journals That Publish Peer-Reviewed Research | 57 | ||
| Worksheet 1: Qualitative Research The reader’s companion worksheet | 58 | ||
| Title | 58 | ||
| Abstract | 58 | ||
| Introduction | 58 | ||
| Methods | 59 | ||
| Design | 59 | ||
| Sample | 59 | ||
| Research Ethics Concerns | 60 | ||
| Setting | 60 | ||
| Data Collection | 60 | ||
| Data Analysis | 61 | ||
| Results and discussion | 61 | ||
| Overall impressions | 62 | ||
| Worksheet 2: Quantitative Research The reader’s companion worksheet | 63 | ||
| Title | 63 | ||
| Abstract | 63 | ||
| Introduction | 63 | ||
| Methods | 64 | ||
| Design | 64 | ||
| Sample | 65 | ||
| Research Ethics Concerns | 66 | ||
| Setting | 66 | ||
| Experiment (if applicable) | 66 | ||
| Data Collection | 67 | ||
| Data Analysis | 68 | ||
| Results | 68 | ||
| Discussion | 69 | ||
| Overall impressions | 69 | ||
| Worksheet 3: Mixed Methods Research The reader’s companion worksheet | 71 | ||
| Title | 71 | ||
| Abstract | 71 | ||
| Introduction | 71 | ||
| Methods | 72 | ||
| Design | 72 | ||
| Sample | 73 | ||
| Setting | 75 | ||
| Data Collection | 75 | ||
| Data Analysis | 76 | ||
| Results | 77 | ||
| Discussion | 78 | ||
| Overall impressions | 79 | ||
| Worksheet 4: Systematic reviews The reader’s companion worksheet | 80 | ||
| Title | 80 | ||
| Abstract | 80 | ||
| Introduction | 80 | ||
| Methods | 81 | ||
| Designs: Quantitative Reviews | 81 | ||
| Designs: Qualitative Reviews | 82 | ||
| Results | 82 | ||
| Quantitative Reviews | 82 | ||
| Qualitative Reviews | 82 | ||
| Discussion | 82 | ||
| Overall impressions | 83 | ||
| Worksheet 5: Using Research Results The reader’s companion worksheet | 84 |