Assessment 3 Critical Appraisal of Evidence Further instructions related to this assignment can be found in Appendix B. Due date: By 0900hrs Tue 24 May Weighting: 50% Length and/or format: 1200 words...

CASP Checklist
CASP Randomised Controlled Trial Standard Checklist:
11 questions to help you make sense of a randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Main issues for consideration: Several aspects need to be considered when appraising a randomised controlled trial:
Is the basic study design valid for a randomised controlled trial? (Section A)
Was the study methodologically sound? (Section B)
What are the results? (Section C)
Will the results help locally? (Section D)
The 11 questions in the checklist are designed to help you think about these aspects systematically.
How to use this appraisal tool: The first three questions (Section A) are screening questions about the validity of the basic study design and can be answered quickly. If, in light of your responses to Section A, you think the study design is valid, continue to Section B to assess whether the study was methodologically sound and if it is worth continuing with the appraisal by answering the remaining questions in Sections C and D.
Record ‘Yes’, ‘No’ or ‘Can’t tell’ in response to the questions. Prompts below all but one of the questions highlight the issues it is important to consider. Record the reasons for your answers in the space provided. As CASP checklists were designed to be used as educational/teaching tools in a workshop setting, we do not recommend using a scoring system.
About CASP Checklists: The CASP RCT checklist was originally based on JAMA Users’ guides to the medical literature 1994 (adapted from Guyatt GH, Sackett DL and Cook DJ), and piloted with healthcare practitioners. This version has been updated taking into account the CONSORT 2010 guideline (http:
www.consort-statement.org/consort-2010, accessed 16 September 2020).
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Study and citation: . Özalp Gerçeker, G., Ayar, D., Özdemir, E. Z., & Bektaş, M. (2020). Effects of virtual reality on pain, fear and anxiety during blood draw in children aged 5–12 years old: A randomised controlled study. Journal of clinical nursing, 29(7-8), 1151-1161.
Section A: Is the basic study design valid for a randomised controlled trial?
    1.
    Did the study address a clearly focused research question?
CONSIDER:
· Was the study designed to assess the outcomes of an intervention?
· Is the research question ‘focused’ in terms of:
· Population studied
·...