Instructions: Review the following articles and, based on your review, answer questions 1-10 from Sections 1 & II. Develop your answers to these questions before you begin the assessment. Once you are ready with the answers, begin the quiz and type or copy your answers in one attempt. There is no word limit for each answer. However, be sure to include key areas to get full credit. Each question is worth 5 points (Total Points: 10 questions x 5 = 50 points).
Qualitative Article: Temple, J., Miller, M. M., Banford Witting, A., & Kim, A. B. (2017). “We walk on eggshells”: A phenomenological inquiry of wives’ experiences of living with active-duty marine husbands with PTSD. Journal of Family Social Work, 20(2), 162. doi:10.1080/10522158.2017.1279579
Quantitative Article: McLean, S. A., Wertheim, E. H., Masters, J., & Paxton, S. J. (2017). A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(7), 847-851. doi:10.1002/eat.22708 [doi]
Systematic Review Article. Collese, T. S., Nascimento-Ferreira, M. V., de Moraes, Augusto Cesar Ferreira, Rendo-Urteaga, T., Bel-Serrat, S., Moreno, L. A., & Carvalho, H. B. (2017). Role of fruits and vegetables in adolescent cardiovascular health: A systematic review. Nutrition Reviews, 75(5), 11. doi:10.1093/nutrit/nux006
Section 1. Review the quasi-experimental study entitled, “A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders” and the phenomenological article entitled, “We walk on eggshells”: A phenomenological inquiry of wives’ experiences of living with active duty Marine husbands with PTSD.” Based on your review, answer the following questions.
- As you read the content, do you see more differences or similarities in these articles? Explain.
- In your opinion, why is the quantitative research study titled “A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders” labeled as quasi-experimental research, instead of experimental research? Explain.
- In the quasi-experimental article, on pg. 849, the author has mentioned the term “measures.” In other words, those were the outcome measures after implementing the social media literacy program. Outcome measures (outcome variables) are known as dependent variables. As a student researcher, you would be interested in knowing the meaning of treatment or intervention (independent) variable(s). Describe the independent and dependent variable(s) used by the researcher in this study.
- The research study article titled “We walk on eggshells” A phenomenological inquiry of wives’ experiences of living with active duty Marine husbands with PTSD” has used a phenomenological approach. In your opinion, did the researcher use the right research approach vs. other qualitative approaches? Describe in relation to other approaches OF qualitative studies.
- Review the steps of the research process in module 2 and module 3 in Sakai and from Grove, Gray & Burns textbook (Chapters 2, 3). Examine the steps in relation to the quasi-experimental article (A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders). Did the author deviate from the steps of research process? Explain.
- Explain in your own terms how the results/analyses sections are different in these two (quantitative and qualitative) articles.
Section II. Review the systematic review article titled, “Role of fruits and vegetables in adolescent cardiovascular health: a systematic review” and answer the following questions.
- What was the purpose/rationale for the systematic review? Was the rationale and importance for the review stated in relation to previous research and reviews? Explain.
- Did the author use a P-I-C-O research question to guide the systematic review? Based on the EBP module review, mention the PICO components that you infer from this article.
- What databases and resources were used for retrieving the data? Was the search strategy adequate and appropriate for the review question?
- What were the inclusion/exclusion criteria for selecting studies in generating high level of evidence? Why do researchers include inclusion/exclusion criteria in systematic reviews?
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Introduction:
The following answers are based on the review of three medical research articles, including a qualitative article, a quasi-experimental article, and a systematic review article. The articles are titled “We walk on eggshells”: A phenomenological inquiry of wives’ experiences of living with active-duty marine husbands with PTSD, A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders, and Role of fruits and vegetables in adolescent cardiovascular health: A systematic review, respectively. The answers to the questions are provided below.
1. The quasi-experimental article and the phenomenological article have more differences. The quasi-experimental article aims to determine the effectiveness of a social media literacy intervention to reduce the risk factors of eating disorders amongst adolescent females, whereas the phenomenological article explores the experiences of wives living with active-duty marine husbands who have PTSD. The research methodologies used in each study (quantitative vs. qualitative) are also very different.
2. The quantitative research study titled “A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders” is labeled as quasi-experimental research because the study design does not incorporate randomization or control groups. It is a pretest-posttest design where the adolescents are assessed before and after the intervention.
3. The independent variable in the quasi-experimental study is the social media literacy intervention designed to reduce the risk factors of eating disorders. The dependent variables are the measures used to evaluate the outcome of the intervention, such as body dissatisfaction and thin-ideal internalization.
4. The phenomenological approach used in the article “We walk on eggshells” is an appropriate research approach compared to other qualitative approaches, given the nature of the research question. Phenomenology is suitable for exploring people’s firsthand experiences of a particular phenomenon, which is the focus of the study.
5. The authors of the quasi-experimental article followed the steps of the research process, as outlined in the textbook, closely. The research process includes the identification of a research question, literature review, hypothesis development, research design, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The authors did not deviate from this process.
6. In the quantitative article, the results section contains statistical analyses of the data collected from the participants before and after the intervention. The emphasis is on quantifying the effectiveness of the intervention. In contrast, the qualitative article’s results section presents narrative descriptions of the wives’ experiences living with their active-duty marine husbands who have PTSD. The focus is on exploring their firsthand experiences and generating a comprehensive picture of the phenomenon.
