The Assignment on Critical Appraisal of Research

Evaluation Table
Use this document to complete the evaluation table requirement of the Module 4 Assessment, Evidence-Based Project,
Part 4A: Critical Appraisal of Research
P: Registered nurses working in ICU, PIH Downey.
I: Stress management at least two times a week at home to lower the levels of burnout.
C: To those who do not practice stress management at least twice a week at home.
O: 10% decrease in stress when assessed using perceived Stress Scale (PSS) self-reporting assessment tool carried out by the
researcher.
T: 6 months
Full APA formatted citation of
selected article.
Article #1 Article #2 Article #3 Article #4
Van Mol, M. M.,
Kompanje, E. J., Benoit, D.
D., Bakker, J., & Nijkamp,
Monsalve-Reyes, C. S.,
San Luis-Costas, C.,
Gómez-Urquiza, J. L.,
Dilig-Ruiz, A.,
MacDonald, I., Varin,
M. D., Vandyk, A.,
Adriaenssens, J., De
Gucht, V., & Maes,
S. (2015).
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M. D. (2015). The
prevalence of compassion
fatigue and burnout among
healthcare professionals in
intensive care units: a
systematic review. PloS
one, 10(8), e0136955.
Albendín-García, L.,
Aguayo, R., & Cañadas-
De la Fuente, G. A.
(2018). Burnout
syndrome and its
prevalence in primary
care nursing: A
systematic review and
meta-analysis. BMC
family practice, 19(1), 59.
Graham, I. D., &
Squires, J. E. (2018).
Job satisfaction among
critical care nurses: A
systematic review.
International journal of
nursing studies, 88,
123-134.
Determinants and
prevalence of
burnout in
emergency nurses: a
systematic review of
25 years of research.
International journal
of nursing studies,
52(2), 649-661.
Evidence Level *
(I, II, or III)
Level III Level III Level III Level II
Conceptual Framework
Describe the theoretical basis for
the study (If there is not one
Nurses in the Intensive
Care unit are more
prevalent to be emotionally
charged and drained to
Primary care unit nurses
are at the frontline to be
the most burned out
individuals because of
Directed content
analysis approach to
identify the various
factors associated with
Overcrowding,
unpredictability and
continuous
confrontation of
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mentioned in the article, say
that here).**
critically ill patients. high stress. job satisfaction of
nurses.
nurses with patients
and their illnesses
have been one of the
leading causes for
burnout in nurses.
Design/Method
Describe the design and how the
study was carried out (In detail,
including inclusion/exclusion
criteria).
A systematic literature
review was performed for
papers written between
1992 and June 2014, using
Medline
OvidSP, Embase, Cinahl,
PsychINFO, Web-of-
science, Cochrane, PubMed
website, and Google
Scholar. Reports have been
published identifying
They performed a meta-
analysis. Until September
2017, they searched
Pubmed,
Scopus, CINAHL,
Proquest,
Scielo, CUIDEN and
LILACS databases to find
cross-sectional research
that involved burnout
appraisal of primary care
The leading electronic
databases have been
searched January 1980
to May 2015 which
studied the job
satisfaction rate and
factors of nurses in
different healthcare
settings. Articles
published except for
French and English
A systematic review
of empirical
quantitative burnout
research of
emergency nurses,
conducted from 1989
to 2014 in English
language had been
performed.
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burnout incidence,
sympathy exhaustion,
secondary traumatic stress
and vicarious distress in
ICU healthcare workers, as
well as associated
prevention trials. Studies
related to consequences of
burnout and coping with
stress were excluded.
nurses with the Maslach
Burnout Inventory.
Research papers were
removed, except in
Portuguese, Spanish and
English.
were excluded.
Sample/Setting
The number and characteristics
of
patients, attrition rate, etc.
Nurses in intensive critical
care unit of a hospital were
selected for the numerous
studies.
Nurses in primary care
unit of a hospital were
selected from numerous
studies for the review.
Nurses in intensive
critical care unit of a
hospital were selected
for the numerous
studies.
Emergency nurses in
a hospital unit had
been considered for
the systematic
review.
Major Variables Studied a. Nurse/patient ratio Emotional exhaustion and No dependant and Personality
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