The Benefits and Limitations of a Behavioral Intervention for Caregivers

Wk 1 Study Analysis: Preliminary Study Review] Assignment Content 1. The Benefits and Limitations of a Behavioral Intervention for Caregivers Locating appropriate academic articles that support your research topic is important when conducting a study. Credible academic sources create a stronger argument about the significance of a research problem and validate your stance on the topic. Sources should address prior studies on your topic and will give you an indication about how to approach your research design. Find two peer-reviewed health care research journals that align to your research problem using the University Library. Identify one article about a quantitative study and one about a qualitative study. You should be able to use these articles in the literature review of your research proposal outline. For each article, answer questions 1-5 from Box 3.3 Additional Questions for a Preliminary Review of a Study on p. 63 of Nursing Research (click the Exercise tab) in 350 words my exceed if needed. BOX 3.3: Additional Questions for a Preliminary Review of a Study Polit, D. F. & Beck, C.T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. • 1. What is the study all about? What are the main phenomena, concepts, or constructs under investigation? • 2. If the study is quantitative, what are the independent and dependent variables? • 3. Do the researchers examine relationships or patterns of association among variables or concepts? Does the report imply the possibility of a causal relationship? • 4. Are key concepts clearly defined, both conceptually and operationally? • 5. What type of study does it appear to be, in terms of types described in this chapter: Quantitative—experimental? nonexperimental? Qualitative—descriptive? grounded theory? phenomenologic? ethnographic? • 6. Does the report provide any information to suggest how long the study took to complete? • 7. Does the format of the report conform to the traditional IMRAD format? If not, in what ways does it differ? o Type your answers in a Microsoft® Word document. o Include the article’s title before your answers. Provide APA-formatted in-text citations and references for all sources. Submit your assignment and articles for faculty member approval. Reference Polit, D. F. & Beck, C.T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. The Benefits and Limitations of a Behavioral Intervention for Caregivers Quality of Life of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Differential Perceptions between Spouse and Adult Child Caregivers