Critical Evaluation of Journal Paper: Evaluation Tool

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Critical Evaluation of Journal Paper: Evaluation Tool
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Topic: Critical Evaluation of “Can lifelike baby dolls reduce symptoms of anxiety,
agitation, or aggression for people with dementia in long-term care? Findings from a pilot
randomised controlled trial”
Introduction
What is the
problem/
population?
Investigating effect of an intervention for treating anxiety, agitation and
aggression among older patients with dementia in Long-term care (LTC)
What is the
phenomenon of
interest?
Evaluating the impact of Lifelike Baby doll intervention to reduce anxiety,
aggression and agitation among older patients of dementia in LTC and
comparing with effects of usual facility care
What is the
context?
In LTCs, there are older patients with dementia who show behavioral issues,
like, agitation, anxiety and aggression. Hence, by implementing an
intervention with lifelike baby doll, the researchers studied the effects on the
patients to check if the behavioral issues were reduced among those who
received the intervention.
Critical
Evaluation/
Appraisal
models
Randomized control trial (RCT)
Last Observation Carried Forward (LOCF) method
Two way Mixed MANOVA
Journal Aging & Mental Health, Volume 23, 2019 - Issue 10
Impact factor: 2018, 2.956, Country of publication: UK.

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It has readers across almost 40 nations and it is indexed by MEDLINE, ISI,
Current Contents and some other recognized indexing systems. It addresses
issues regarding mental health and its impact on normal, abnormal, and
pathological aging, along with psychiatric and psychological problems of the
aging population.
Authors 1. Wendy Moyle: Program Director of Menzies Health Institute
Queensland at Griffith University. Her research expertise is in the
areas of dementia, depression and delirium. Moyle has a keen interest
in technologies and her more recent research has tested assistive
technologies/social robots and complementary and alternative
medicine interventions.
2. Jenny Murfield: Project Manager and Senior Research Assistant.
Research interests: Dementia, Aged Care, Randomised Controlled
Trials, Compassion, Family Caregivers.
3. Dr Cindy Jones: Qualifications: B Bus, B Arts, GDip Psychology,
GCert Higher Ed, PhD. DCRC role / affiliation: DCRC-CC,
Collaborator Other roles / affiliations: Griffith University, Research
Fellow. Profile: Dr. Cindy Jones is a Research Fellow with the
Griffith Health Institute, Centre for Health Practice Innovation (HPI)
and a Griffith representative for the Queensland Dementia Training
and Study Centre (QLD DTSC).
4. Elizabeth Beattie: Professor of Aged and Dementia Care, Director of
the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre - Carers and Consumers