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The Effect of Orem's Self-Care Education On Interdialytic Weight and Blood Pressure Changes in Hemodialysis Patients

The review assessed the effect of Orem's self-care education on interdialytic weight and blood pressure changes in hemodialysis patients. The authors appear to have addressed a focused question and looked for the appropriate type of papers. It is unclear if all important studies were included or if the quality of included studies was adequately assessed. The results found self-care education can help reduce interdialytic weight gain and improve blood pressure control in hemodialysis patients. However, the precision of the results is unclear. The review's results may be applicable to the local population but not all important outcomes were considered.

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The Effect of Orem's Self-Care Education On Interdialytic Weight and Blood Pressure Changes in Hemodialysis Patients

The review assessed the effect of Orem's self-care education on interdialytic weight and blood pressure changes in hemodialysis patients. The authors appear to have addressed a focused question and looked for the appropriate type of papers. It is unclear if all important studies were included or if the quality of included studies was adequately assessed. The results found self-care education can help reduce interdialytic weight gain and improve blood pressure control in hemodialysis patients. However, the precision of the results is unclear. The review's results may be applicable to the local population but not all important outcomes were considered.

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The Effect of Orem's Self-care Education on Interdialytic Weight and Blood Pressure Changes in

Hemodialysis Patients
Parinaz Jahanpeyma and Masoumeh Akbari

Section A: Are the results of the review valid?

1. Did the review address a Yes HINT: An issue can be ‘focused’ In terms of
clearly focused question? • the population studied
Can’t Tell • the intervention given
• the outcome considered
No

Comments:

2. Did the authors look for the Yes HINT: ‘The best sort of studies’ would
right type of papers?  address the review’s question
Can’t Tell
 have an appropriate study design
(usually RCTs for papers evaluating
No
interventions)

Comments:

Is it worth continuing?

3. Do you think all the Yes HINT: Look for


important, relevant studies • which bibliographic databases were
were included? Can’t Tell used
• follow up from reference lists
No
• personal contact with experts
• unpublished as well as published studies
• non-English language studies

Comments:

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4. Did the review’s authors do Yes HINT: The authors need to consider the
enough to assess quality of rigour of the studies they have identified.
the included studies? Can’t Tell Lack of rigour may affect the studies’
results (“All that glisters is not gold”
No Merchant of Venice – Act II Scene 7)

Comments:

5. If the results of the review Yes HINT: Consider whether


have been combined, was it • results were similar from study to study
reasonable to do so? Can’t Tell • results of all the included studies are
clearly displayed
No
• results of different studies are similar
• reasons for any variations in results are
discussed

Comments:

Section B: What are the results?

6. What are the overall results of the review? HINT: Consider


• If you are clear about the review’s
‘bottom line’ results
• what these are (numerically if
appropriate)
• how were the results expressed (NNT,
odds ratio etc.)

Comments:

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7. How precise are the results? HINT: Look at the confidence intervals, if
given

Comments:

Section C: Will the results help locally?

8. Can the results be applied to Yes HINT: Consider whether


the local population?  the patients covered by the review
Can’t Tell could be sufficiently different to your
population to cause concern
No  your local setting is likely to differ much
from that of the review

Comments:

9. Were all important outcomes Yes HINT: Consider whether


considered?  there is other information you would
Can’t Tell like to have seen

No

Comments:

10. Are the benefits worth the Yes HINT: Consider


harms and costs?  even if this is not addressed by the
Can’t Tell review, what do you think?

No

Comments:

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