What is meant by double-blind‚ randomized controlled trial? Explain why such trials are used in psychological research with reference to one specific‚ published psychological experiment. Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold level standard of proof of many research techniques where treatments and therapies are concerned by the scientific community. A study in which participants are allocated at random to receive one of several treatments testing the effectiveness of psychological
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evidence available to compliment our clinical skills and patient values can promote good patient outcome. To facilitate successful evidence collection‚ appraisal‚ and integration‚ the first step is to recognize the need for information and develop a focused and searchable clinical question (Crist‚ McVay & Marocco‚ 2015). Currently‚ I provide care to
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered as the best research design for decisions about the effect of different interventions but randomization does not apply to many clinical issues related to real world setting. The current scenario of clinical research indicates some major challenges associated with traditional clinical trials and patient care. The foremost challenges being most researchers consider RCTs as the mainstay of clinical research‚ which instead are slow and expensive. They
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Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial The controlled and randomized double blind trials refer to a situation in which a medicine investigator is not familiar with the nature of a drug. The term may also mean that a scientist does not realize that a drug is being tested maybe for certain diseases. Such medicines may be under surveillance‚ and they are only administered in a small prescribed amount in case of any side-effects. For a typical scientific research‚ the desires‚ expectations and beliefs
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Some benefits of conducting randomized controlled trails are that they can provide the slightest biased estimates of comparative effectiveness (Dreyer et al.‚ 2010). Also‚ randomized controlled trails are excellent at determining whether a new drug should be approved for marketing‚ because they most effectively control for diagnostic and prognostic factors that affect treatment decisions (Dreyer et al.‚ 2010). According to the article‚ randomized controlled trails are helpful in defining the value
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Telemonitoring of patients with heart failure Mercy College Nurs 370-DLB Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework guiding this study is Donabedian’s (1988) classic model for assessing quality of care. This framework is useful in this study because it evaluate the effectiveness of intervention using mobile phone based telemonitoring for heart failure management. According to the Donabedian’s model‚ quality of care can be measured in three categories: structure‚ process
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In randomized control trials (RCTs)‚ there are two groups that are put on trial; control group and treatment group. The control group is a group that does not receive any treatment and is used as a benchmark during the trial‚ whereas the treatment group is the group put under trial to test out the outcomes. Banerjee and Duflo argued that many questions in development‚ including health‚ education‚ and microcredit can be settled by using randomized control trials. When it comes to observational studies
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Pain management comparison in orthopaedics- patient controlled analgesia vs. femoral nerve blocks Picot question In adult patients with total hip or knee replacements‚ how effective is patient controlled analgesia pain management compared to femoral nerve block in controlling post operative pain within the first 24 hours after surgery? Importance to the science of nursing Major knee or total hip surgery is associated with severe postoperative pain
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The Patient with Heart Failuure 74-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with heart failure. She had been growing progressively weaker and had ankle edema‚ dyspnea on exertion‚ and three-pillow orthopnea. On admission‚ she is severely dyspneic and can answer questions only with one-word phrases. She is diaphoretic‚ with a heart rate of 132 beats/min‚ and blood pressure 98/70 mm Hg. She is extremely anxious. 1. Because this patient cannot breathe or talk easily‚ prioritize the immediate nursing
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An Analysis of Standford et al.’s Study 1|P a ge An Analysis of Sanford‚ Townsend-Rocchicciolli‚ Horigan‚ & Hall’s Study A Process of Decision Making by Caregivers of Family Members With Heart Failure A research critique submitted by Thelma Augustin‚ Melody Alexander‚ Ashley Breaux‚ Nissa Fisher‚ Kamaria Harris‚ Thao Huynh‚ Jeris Jensen‚ Leslie King‚ and Susan Livengood‚ Master of Science in Nursing Research College of Nursing 2012 An Analysis of Standford et al.’s Study 2|P a ge
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