Research Outcomes Management For The Practicing Nurse

Week 4- Finding Evidence

Evidence that supports a conclusion is part of the research process. Literature reviews often accompany research papers in the form of a summary and synthesis of the published information about the research topic. Although this week’s assignment is not a literature review, it is designed to familiarize you with the practice of finding appropriate sources and information on a topic.

Find three original research articles that apply to your research topic. The articles must be

• peer reviewed,
• recent (published within 5 years), and
• statistically significant.

Write a 260-word summary of each article in which you identify (include these as headings).

• participants
• independent variable(s),* Students have difficulty with variables, I have added a guide for you under Week 4.
• dependent variable(s),
• methods, and
• results.

For each of the articles, determine if the article is suitable for inclusion in a literature review for your research topic.

• If it is not, explain why.
• If it is, explain how the information can be used to inform practice.

Compile all summaries in one document.

Do not include the entire article, but include a link to the article

Include the APA citation for each article before each summary.

Submit the APA citation, link to the article and summaries.

Answer preview

Participants

The purpose of the study was to examine how obesity affects health-related quality of life among participants in Spain. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was used as a metric for obesity utilized in the research.  A sample of 26,502 participants with more than a 35 Body mass Index, including both underaged and adults, was obtained. The analyzed sample comprised 18,682 participants who met the criteria of representing the adult population obesity (Busutil et al., 2017). The participants were classified into two groups, A representing those with moderate obesity and B with severe levels of obesity.

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