Critical Appraisal of Evidence on Stroke Rehabilitation at Home

Running head: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF EVIDENCE
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HLSC122 Semester 1, 2018
Assessment 3: Critical appraisal of evidence
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................2
Body:...........................................................................................................................................................2
PART A.........................................................................................................................................................2
Authorship...............................................................................................................................................2
Research questions..................................................................................................................................2
Research design.......................................................................................................................................3
Research methods...................................................................................................................................3
Results.....................................................................................................................................................4
PART B.........................................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................4
References...................................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction:
This is basically an appraisal paper that reviews an article. The chosen article is aimed at finding
the perception of the person with stroke & the informal caregiver at the home and also their daily
experience after 1 year of stroke. Moreover, the paper raises two very important points such as the
social and psychological adaptation of rehabilitation process at homes and also the daily experience
which the person with stroke & the informal caregiver at the home do experience.
Body:
PART A
Article: Ekstam, L., Johansson, U., Guidetti, S., Eriksson, G., & Ytterberg, C. (2015). The combined
perceptions of people with stroke and their carers regarding rehabilitation need 1 year after
stroke: mixed methods study. BMJ open, 5(2), e006784.
Authorship
(Lisa Ekstam, Ulla Johansson, Susanne Guidetti, Gunilla Eriksson & Charlotte
Ytterberg)
Strengths
The biggest strength was the authors’ capability to select such a good topic which has not
attracted many research works in past. The dyadic perspective is a rare topic which the authors have
effectively justified with their good mixing of methodologies and the findings as well.
Limitations
The biggest weakness or the possible ground for bias in this study is the analysis section where
authors have compared the results of persons with stroke and informal care givers on a group level.
Samples could have been much bigger than it ended with. Participants compared separately but not in
groups could have produced the wider results.
Research questions
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