MDC Reading and Analyzing a Research Article Exercise

Instructions:

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Go to the database CINAHL (exercise your knowledge of searching) and search the following article (A copy is also provided below):Jaun, F., Boesing, M., Lüthi-Corridori, G., Abig, K., Makhdoomi, A., Bloch, N., Lins, C., Raess, A., Grillmayr, V., Haas, P., Schuetz, P., Gabutti, L., Muser, J., Leuppi-Taegtmeyer, A. B., Giezendanner, S., Brändle, M., & Leuppi, J. D. (2022). High-dose vitamin D substitution in patients with COVID-19: study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study-VitCov Trial.Links to an external site. Trials, 23(1), 1–11.

  • Remember, there are Original research articles that are based on an experiment or study.  Often they follow the IMRAD format: introduction, methods, results, and discussion, and Review articles (literature reviews) are written to bring together and summarize the results/conclusions from multiple original research articles/studies. This analysis will be performed in a research study, you may copy and paste the responses.
  • Find the Research Problem/Hypotheses: Often authors will refer to the purpose of the study.  This is often articulated in the abstract, introduction, or background.
  • Find the purpose statement?
  • Find the study design?
  • Identify the participants. How were these chosen?
  • Identify the control group.
  • Identify the intervention?
  • outcomes (what was measured).
  • What were the results?
  • Where are the hypotheses rejected or accepted?
  • Limitations
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