Research Article Critique: Dialysis Modalities and Patient Outcomes

This report presents a critique of a research article that investigated the impact of different dialysis modalities on patients' quality of life and self-efficacy. The study compared in-center hemodialysis with home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, utilizing a cross-sectional design and a quota sampling method to collect data from 77 adult patients. The analysis revealed no significant differences in patient outcomes between the different dialysis settings. The report evaluates the study's methodology, clarity of objectives, and overall structure, assessing whether the research effectively addressed its aims and provided a comprehensive discussion of its findings and conclusions. The critique also references relevant literature to provide context and support the evaluation of the research.

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Summary of the Study:
The Study aimed for determining whether or not the self-efficacy and the quality of
life is better for the patients who opt for receiving incenter hemodialysis compared to the
patients who opt for receiving the hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis at home. The results of
the study concluded that there was no difference between the two groups of the patients, who
receive incenter- based dialysis and who receive dialysis at home, when the aspects like
quality of life and self-efficacy were examined (Wright & Wilson, 2015).
Type of Study:
The study followed a quota sampling method along with a cross-sectional research
design for the data collection and analysis. Hence it can be concluded that the study was a
quantitative study. The study involved 77 adult patients who are receiving dialysis for at least
six months (Wright & Wilson, 2015).
Two Important or exceptional Aspects:
Firstly, the study was focused on differentiating between the patients, who
receives dialysis at home in comparison to the patients who receives incenter dialysis (Wright
& Wilson, 2015).
Secondly, the research methodology involved cross-sectional analysis to
analyse the data and quantitative quota sampling method to collect the data (Wright &
Wilson, 2015).
Criteria of Critique:
The article described the aim of the study very clearly. After that it describes
the importance of the study and how it was different from the other studies in the similar

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fields. Then it described the methodology of the study in detail and finally there was a proper
conclusion after discussing the results (Wright & Wilson, 2015).
Understanding the Study using chosen critique guidelines:
The guideline chosen for critiquing this study was to check whether the article
describes the aim of the study properly and if there are different sections describing the
problem discussion, methodology, result, discussion and the conclusion of the study
(Bromiley, McShane, Nair & Rustambekov, 2015). The questions were asked referring the
article, which helped in understanding the study properly.

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References:
Bromiley, P., McShane, M., Nair, A., & Rustambekov, E. (2015). Enterprise risk
management: Review, critique, and research directions. Long range planning, 48(4),
265-276.
Wright, L. S., & Wilson, L. (2015). CNE. Quality of Life and Self-Efficacy in Three Dialysis
Modalities: Incenter Hemodialysis, Home Hemodialysis, and Home Peritoneal
Dialysis. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 42(5).