CAOT NOTCE Exam – Research Questions And Solutions

CAOT NOTCE Exam – Research Questions And Solutions What does P.I.C.O. stand for and what is it used for? - ANSWER- Population - intervention - comparison - outcome used to guide the research process What makes up evidence based practice? - ANSWER- - best available research evidence - client's characteristics, state, needs, values and preferences - resources, including practiioner expertise consider this within an env and organization context What are the levels of evidence from highest to lowes? - ANSWER- 1) Systematic reviews and meta-analyses 2) critically appraised topics (evidence syntheses) 3) critically appraised individual articles (article synopses) 4) RCTs 5) cohort studies 6) case controlled studies, case series / reports 7) background information / expert opinion double blind study - ANSWER- involves a study where neither the participants nor the researchers are aware of the identify ot the tx groups until after the data is collected. Important for determining treatment effectiveness grounded theory study - ANSWER- qualitative research approach randomized control trial - ANSWER- clinical treatment is compared with a control condition. Purpose is to determine treatment effectiveness quantitative descriptive study - ANSWER- aims to colelct normative data, provides a standard value of participants' characteristics probability testing - ANSWER- likelihood that an event will occur and is a statistical inference procedure inductive codes - ANSWER- generated by a researcher by directly examing the data. Common in qualitative research regression analysis - ANSWER- aims to preduct not describe colles fracture - ANSWER- fracture of the distal radius at the wrist fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH) in extensio