Critical Appriasal Article 2022

Running head: CRITICAL APPRIASAL
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Introduction
The main of the paper is to critically analyse the qualitative research article by using
qualitative CASP tools. The research paper focus on to explore the nursing communication
strategy by evaluating the response of the family member of the ICU patient. The paper has
made use of 10 critical appraisal question based on the critical appraisal skills program (CASP).
Therefore, the paper has been appraised based CASP tool as major objective was to develop skill
to assess evidence based practice in nursing. It also assist in making sense of research evidence
and applying in the nursing practice.
Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research?
The main goal of the research paper was to analyse the ways in which the family member
of the patient who are at the risk of dying give their response to nursing staffs. It is important to
be considered because it is evident that family member of ICU patients undergo huge
psychological distress, and it is important to evaluate the nursing strategies in order to support
them which is a part of their responsibility (Jackson & Jutte, 2016). It is observed in the paper
that author has clearly stated the aim of the research however, research question was lacking in
the paper.
Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?
In the paper, researcher is aiming to explore the opinion and response of the family
member of the ICU patient towards communication strategies of the nurse. Qualitative study is
being done to analyse the view point of the participant where primary data is mostly (Munthe-
Kaas et al., 2018). It is evident from the paper that thoughts and behaviour of participants are

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being considered in the research, hence use of qualitative methodology is appropriate to address
the goal of the research (Adams et al., 2014).
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?
In the paper, the researcher has made use of prospective, qualitative descriptive design.
There was of lack clear description of the reason for choosing descriptive design. In descriptive
design, the most important factor is analysis of a particular event experienced by the participant
(Leung, 2015). From the paper, is evident that author has chosen participant who have their
belonging at the verge of dying. Hence, it can be said that the qualitative design used by the
author can address the research goal. However, author has made use of only interview in the
paper, which needs clear explanation for it in the paper.
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research?
For the qualitative paper, it is important to recruit the participant who have experienced
the subject in order to collect unbiased data (Noyes eta l., 2018). In the paper, researcher has
clearly mentioned the type of participants being chosen. The participant taken were the family
who were having their member admitted in ICU, and were at the point of dying. Author has
stated that purposive sampling was done, with the aim to reduce the biasness in the study.
Concerning the aim of the research, the recruitment strategy is appropriate to the goal of the
research which was to explore the response of them. Author has also chosen people of different
ethnicity and recruited minimum of two cases from them, which is justified with the goal of
evaluating nursing communication strategy.