Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Appraising evidence for therapy questions
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Evidence to support the effectiveness of therapies commonly compares the outcomes between a group of individuals who received the therapy and a group of individuals who did not. Nurses must be able to determine how well the study design supports claims that the therapy caused the difference in group outcome (validity). When findings are valid, nurses must also consider whether those findings apply to the patient population of interest (generalizability) and, if so, how the findings can be applied to practice.
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| Type | Article |
| Format | Text-based Document |
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| Evidence Level | N/A |
| Research Approach | N/A |
| Keywords | Critical Appraisal; Evidence-based Practice; Therapy; Validity |
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| Publisher | Mahidol University, Thailand |
| Date | 2012-01 |
| Version | Publisher’s Version |
| Citation | Grace, J. T. (2012) Essential Skills for Evidence-based Practice: Appraising Evidence for Therapy Questions. Journal of Nursing Science, 30(1), 10-15. |
| ISSN | 0125-8885 |
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