A Critique on "Chemotherapy: the Effect of Oral Cryotherapy on the Development of Mucositis”

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Introduction In clinical practice, the help for oncology patients with mucositis is in demand. Therefore, it is interesting to further study about this. As a student, the writer is encouraged to critique published studies on relevant clinical topics. Thus, it will improve the writer’s ability to determine how the accumulated empirical evidence can be used in practice (Burns and Grove, 2007). Research “Chemotherapy: the effect of oral cryotherapy on the development of mucositis” (Karagozoglu and Ulusoy, 2005) was chosen for this assignment. The research was easy to understand and relevant. Thus, it was chosen. And the critique will be based on the content of the research. Title The title is neither too long nor too short. It clearly identified the purpose of the study. Connell Meehan (quoted in Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan, 2007) stated that the title should be between 10 and 15 words long. However, there is a colon behind “chemotherapy”. It may mislead the readers to focus on chemotherapy instead of the effect of oral cryotherapy on the development of mucositis. Burns and Grove (2007) stated that “quantitative research is conducted to test theory by describing variables, examine relationships among variables, and determining cause-and-effect interactions between variables” (p.18). The title identified variables (mucositis and cryotherapy) and the relationship among them. Therefore it was a quantitative research. Author The researchers were an assistant professor and a professor. It showed that they had the ability in doing this research. Abstract The abstract clearly and concisely summarized the main features of the report. According to Parahoo (quoted in Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan, 2007), this may attract readers’ interest and allowed readers to decide whether or not to continue reading. However, the abstract might be too lengthy. It was 484 words.
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