Article Review: International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Article Review: l-Hassana, M., & Wierenga, M. (2000). Exercise participation decisions
of Jordanian myocardial infarction patients: application of the decisional conflict theory.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 37, 119-126.
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Article Review: l-Hassana, M., & Wierenga, M. (2000). Exercise participation decisions
of Jordanian myocardial infarction patients: application of the decisional conflict theory.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 37, 119-126.
The title of the study is supposed to give an overview of the research problem and the
population under study. The title of this study has been presented well since the reader can easily
identify the problem and the population being studied. The reader can also identify the variables
of the study without having to strain. The introduction part of a research paper gives an overview
of the topic bringing the reader from the general to the specific view (Bavdekar, 2015). This
makes it easy for one to understand how the problem being studied has been developed and what
already exists on the topic. Al-Hassana & Wierenga's (2000) study introduction gives the
background information of the study to justify why the study needs to be done. Since every study
is supposed to have a justification for the study, the introduction has clearly pointed out what this
study is being done and what the authors are seeking to develop in the course of the study. Here
the researcher connects with previous studies to identify what has not been addressed in the past
and what the study can address with the new findings.
The literature section part of a study supports to build on the work of other researchers to
point out what has been done at the moment on the topic and what needs to be done further. Thus
in the literature review section, the researcher links previous studies with the current one to
identify the data that exists on the topic (Creswell, 2013). How this data is related to the research
topic and the gaps that have been informed by these studies. The basis of the research is
supposed to be addressing gaps in previous studies or working on the recommendations that have
been raised in the literature. The study has used literature from previous studies well based on