Advantages of Online Methods in Planning Research

Research Critique 1
PART B: RESEARCH CRITIQUE
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Article: Cooke, M, Ullman AJ, Ray-Barruel, G, Wallis, M, Corley, A & Rickard, CM 2018,
‘Not "just" an intravenous line: Consumer perspectives on peripheral intravenous cannulation
(PIVC). An international cross-sectional survey of 25countries’, PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 2,
pp. 1-18. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0193436
Specific critique area Answer
Explain the purpose of the
study. Use the PICO or
PICo format to identify the
research question.
There have been excessively high incidences of Peripheral intravascular
cannula/catheter (PIVC) insertion despite the increased use of the procedure
in clinical contexts. The failure often occurs before the therapy ends and
disrupts the treatment process. Additionally, the process of reinsertion may
be distressing to the patient. Therefore, it is essential to prevent PIVC failure
to improve patient outcomes (Cooke et al. 2018). The study had three
objectives which included understanding the PIVC experiences of users,
establishing PIVC insertions care and expects relevant to the consumers, and
comparing the experiences of adult consumers with adult carers of children.
The PICO format comprises of Population, Intervention, Comparison, and
Outcome (Eldawlatly et al. 2018; Eriksen & Frandsen, 2018).
Population: Adult consumers
Intervention: Consumer participation in PIVC care
Control: Adult carers of a child
Outcome: Prevention of failure of PIVC insertions
Therefore, the research question was: How can consumer participation in
PIVC care (I), in adult consumers (P), compared to adult carers of a child
(C), prevention failure of PIVC insertions (O)?
Discuss the design used in
the research.
The international, web-based, cross-sectional survey was the research design
used in this study to explore the experiences of PIVC consumers regarding
PIVC care. It was used to invite adult carers of children below the age of 18
years and adult consumers of PIVC above 18 years. Survey questionnaires
were sent to participants through online platforms such as Facebook and
Twitter. The survey was conducted online, anonymously and voluntarily, and
was distributed online through social media including facebook and twitter
accounts and a research group namely Alliance for Vascular Access
Teaching and Research (AVATAR). The survey research was appropriate for

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this research. Wieters (2016) explained that online surveys are effective tools
for assessing subjective and objective data as they help to address issues of
missing data, offer flexibility in the administration of data collection tools
and reduce recall bias. Therefore, it was effective for data collection across
countries as it breaks geographical barriers. It is effective for easier
collection of large amounts of data within a short time ad with less human
efforts (Regmi et al. 2016).
Identify and explain
sampling and recruitment
procedures were in the
research.
712 respondents were included in the online survey. The participants were
selected using non-purposive sampling. The non-purposive sampling meant
that the participants were randomly included in the study without following
any predetermined inclusion or exclusion criteria. The online survey
included randomly sending two types of survey questionnaires through the
research groups Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research
(AVATAR) and social media accounts including Twitter and Facebook. The
first questionnaire prompted responses from adult PIVC consumers who had
experiences PIVC within the last 5 years. The second questionnaire
prompted responses from adult carers of a child to capture the experiences of
children under the age of 18 year, and who had experiences PIVC insertion
and care in the last 5 years.
Maymone, Venkatesh, Secemsky, Reddy and Vashi (2018) cited that web-
based surveys enhance broad sampling at low costs. However, they are prone
to sampling and coverage errors. For instance, in this study, most of the
participants were from Australia; hence limiting generalizability of the
research findings. Additionally, the success of online survey response rte
depends on assurance of participants regarding privacy and confidentiality,
participants’ interests, survey structure and communication (Saleh & Bista,
2017). The sample may not be an actual representation of the target
population.
Explain how the data was
collected.
The data collection process started with ethical approval from Griffith
University’s Human Research Ethics Committee. The adult carers and adult
consumers were then issued with 10-item survey which they were expected
to complete a survey comprising of 10 items. The survey questions
comprised of various topics derived from existing literature. The data was