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Running head: LITERATURE SUPPORT
LITERATURE SUPPORT
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LITERATURE SUPPORT1
Introduction:
The paper aims for discussing the validity and the reliability of the references used in
the previous assignment. It is very important to use only the valid scholarly literatures for
development of an evidence-based practice to promote a safe and improved quality care. The
paper will discuss the search strategies that were used for this research at first and then it will
summarize all the studies, finally including a discussion on the validity of external and
internal research.
Discussion:
Description of the Search Method:
The keywords such as “Stroke complications”, “Fall in the acute care patients”, “Fall
in stroke patients”, “Prevention of fall in the Stroke Patients” were used for conducting a
research on the google scholar database and in the pubmed database. The search results were
reviewed manually and then 5 articles were selected to develop the EBP proposal. The
inclusion criteria were peer reviewed feature of the article and inclusion of the keywords,
such as “fall in the acute care patients” or “fall in the stroke patients”. The exclusion criteria
were any other languages except for English and non-peer reviewed resources.
Summarizing the Studies:
The first study was conducted by Davenport et al. The study was focused on
determining the complications among the patients suffering from acute stroke. The study
described falls to be the most common complication for the patients. The study was a cohort
study and thus it can be considered to have a moderate level of evidence. However, the article
did not include a bias consideration, which can be considered as a limitation of the study
(Davenport et al., 1996).