LITERATURE REVIEW

ARCHELLE JANE C. CALLEJO, PTRP,MSPH

OBJECTIVES 1. TO DEFINE LITERATURE REVIEW

2. TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS’ AWARENESS IN THE NEED TO CRTICALLY APPRAISE RESEARCH

3. TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT APPRAISAL TOOLS

4.TO INTRODUCE DIFFERENT FREE ACCESS WEBSITES FOR ELECTRONICALLY SEARCHING FOR JOURNALS

BEFORE STARTING

AN EVIDENCE-SEEKING QUESTION: P - POPULATION I – INTERVENTION C – COMPARISON O – OUTCOME

EXAMPLE P - STROKE PATIENTS

I - EXERCISE

C - AUGMENTED FEEDBACK

O - IMPROVE STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE

LITERATURE REVIEW: WHAT?

A SURVEY OF LITERATURE RELATING TO THE PROBLEM

A PROCESS OF ACQUIRING DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLISHED INFORMATION IN A PARTICULAR FIELD OF INTEREST

LITERATURE REVIEW: WHY ?

1. TO ASCERTAIN ORIGINALITY OF THE RESEARCH

2. TO PROVIDE IDEAS FOR SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS

PLANNING FOR LITERATURE REVIEW PRIMARY LITERATURE

– MATERIALS MOST CENTRAL TO THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM BEING INVESTIGATED

SECONDARY LITERATURE– MATERIALS ALLIED OR RELATED TO THE PROBLEM OR

AREA OF INTEREST BUT MORE PERIPHERAL THAN CENTRAL TO THE PROBLEM IN QUESTION

GREY LITERATURE – PUBLICATIONS WHICH ARE NOT PUBLISHED OR

DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS AND ARE DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES

UTILIZE A SYTEMATIC SEARCH STRATEGRY 1. LIST AND DEFINE ANY RELEVANT MAIN

WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEMENT OF THE SELECTED PROBLEM

EXAMPLE: (SYNONYMS, USING MeSH) P - STROKE OR CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT OR

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE OR HEMIPLEGIA OR HEMIPARESIS

I - C - EXTRINSIC FEEDBACK OR BIOFEEDBACK OR

COGNITIVE REHABILITATION O -

UTILIZE A SYTEMATIC SEARCH STRATEGRY 2. SEARCH FOR YOUR TOPIC UTILIZING THE

KEY WORDS THROUGH:– INDEXING PRACTICE– DATABASES– REFERENCE LIST / PEARLING

( MAKING USE OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES)– LANGUAGE– STUDY DESIGN ACCEPTED– TIME LIMIT

3. CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF ARTICLES

LITERATURE REVIEW:HOW ? A SUBJECT APPROACH

WHAT IS CRITICAL APPRAISAL?

REFERS TO CHECKLIST TO PROVIDE AN OVERALL QUALITY SCORE

WHY SCORE THE QUALITY OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE?YOU CAN WEED OUT POOR ARTICLESYOU CAN USE YOUR READING TIME WISELY

ASSESSING PUBLISHED RESEARCH

TITLE ABSTRACT / SUMMARY

– SHORT STATEMENTS OF AIMS, METHODS,FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONSMOF A RESEARCH PROJECT

INTRODUCTION– CLEAR STATEMENT OF THE CONTEXT AND

GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY; – IT’S IMPORTANCE / RELEVANCE OF PROJECT; – CRITICAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH LITERATURE

THUS INCREASING IT’S CREDIBILITY

ASSESSING PUBLISHED RESEARCH

METHOD– WHAT WAS DONE? – HOW IT WAS DONE?– THE ORDER IN WHICH IT WAS DONE?– WHY THIS PROJECT WAS CHOSEN?– WITH WHOM THE PROJECT WAS

CONDUCTED?

ASSESSING PUBLISHED RESEARCH

RESULTS– SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY FOUND IN

THE PROJECT DISCUSSION

– …THE FINDINGS OF THE PROJECT VIS A VIS WITH OTHER RESEARCH WORK IN THE FIELD

– CONCLUSION SHOULD REFLECT THE RESULT– THE FLAWS OF THE STUDY ARE RECOGNIZED

WITH ACCOMPANY RECOMMENDATIONS REFERENCES

– FULL NAME OF AUTHOR,DATE OF WORK,ITS TITLE,WHERE IT WAS PUBLISHED

OVERALL CONSIDERATION WAS THE PROJECT A WORTHWHILE ONE, CONTRIBUTING

TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY?

WAS IT CLEARLY WRITTEN, SO THAT THE CONTENT WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE READER?

IS THE REPORT SCIENTIFIC AND OBJECTIVE BOTH IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS CONDUCTED AS WELL AS THE WA IT WAS ANALYZED AND WRITTEN UP?

HAS THE RESEARCH PROJECT ADVANCED PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ANY WAY?

CHECKLIST : TO START AND THEN CONTINUE READING AN ARTICLE IS THE ARTICLE OF INTEREST TO YOU? TITLE / ABSTRACT

– DOES IT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THE RESEARCH AND IT’S FINDINGS?

CONCLUSION– DOES THE INFORMATION IN THE CONCLUSION

MATCH THE INFORMATION IN THE ABSTRACT? IF “NO”, STOP NOW !

CHECKLIST : TO START AND THEN CONTINUE READING AN ARTICLE WHY WAS THE STUDY DONE? BACKGROUND / INTRODUCTION

– ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT IT IS CLINICALLY IMPORTANT ( PATIENT CARE , MORBIDITY, HEALTH ECONOMICS ETC)

– IS THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY CLEARLY STATED

– IS THE WORK CAREFULLY REFERENCED TO OTHER RECENT WORK?

IF “NO”, STOP NOW!

CHECKLIST : TO START AND THEN CONTINUE READING AN ARTICLE CAN YOU READILY DETERMINE THE HIERARCHY LEVEL(STUDY

TYPE)? TITLE/ ABSTRACT / METHOD IF “NO”, STOP NOW! HOW WELL WAS THE STUDY CONDUCTED? (EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL

VALIDITY)– WHO WAS STUDIED?– HOW ERE THE SUBJECTS RECRUITED?– WHAT WERE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA?– WHAT MEASUREMENT WERE TAKEN?– CAN YOU BELIEVE (RELIABLE / VALID ETC)?– WHAT STATISTICAL TESTS WERE DONE?

IF “NO”, STOP NOW!

CHECKLIST : TO START AND THEN CONTINUE READING AN ARTICLE WHAT WERE THE STUDY’S FINDINGS? RESULTS Are the tables/ graphs explained adequately in the

text? Are the explanations logical? Do the results fulfill the study purpose? Does the presentation of the results make sense to

you? Do you understand them? If “NO”, stop now!

CHECKLIST : TO START AND THEN CONTINUE READING AN ARTICLE WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? DISCUSSIONS / CONCLUSIONS / ABSTRACT

– ARE THE FINDINGS WELL EXPLAINED?– DOES THE AUTHOR’S INTERPRETATION MATCH

YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS SECTION?

– ARE THE FINDINGS IMPORTANT?– ARE THEY GENERALISABLE TO YOUR

PRACTICE?– DO THEY ADD SOMETHING TO HEALTH CARE?

IF “NO”, STOP NOW !

PART OF THE FUN OF LEARNING ABOUT LITERATURE SEARCHING IS GETTING IT WRONG…….

FREE ACCESS WEB SITES• http://www.cebp.nl/index.php?ID=94• www.doaj.com• www.biomedcentral.com

BOOLEAN METHOD: AND – BOTH TOPICS ARE INCLUDED OR - EITHER OF THE TOPICSNOT - EXCLUDED

SOURCES CURIE; CLINICAL RESEARCH, 1977 RESEARCH FOR

PHYSIOTHERAPIST,1995 SANCHEZ ET AL; MANUAL FOR

MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH, 2002

SEAT WORK• USING THE P.I.C.O. METHOD ALL WILL HAVE AN

HOUR TO ELECTRONICALLY SEARCH FOR RELEVANT RESEARCH ARTICLES REGARDING ONE’S RESEARCH PROBLEM

• MINIMUM OF FOUR RESEARCH ARTICLES ARE TO BE SENT

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• DEADLINE: JUNE 28, 2007 AT 12 NOON