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Running Head: CRITICAL APPRAISAL                            1
CRITICAL APPRAISAL        9
EBP107 EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
ASSESSMENT 3: JOURNAL ARTICLE EVALUATION: USING A CRITICAL APPRAISAL TOOL
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Critical appraisal using CASP analysis or CASP checklist    3
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Conclusion    8
References    9
Introduction
Critical appraisal is one of the effective tool that is used in order to analyse a research paper. It would be essential to determine the authenticity as well as value and relevance of the study presented in the research article and critical appraisal is the most effective tool for the same. In other words, it is the process of systematically analysing and assessing the outcomes of a scientific study in order to judge its trustworthiness. The chosen article for critical appraisal is ‘The Specific Ca
ohydrate Diet for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case Series’ published by Kakodkar, Farooqui, Mikolaitis and Mutlu (2015). This was the first clinical description including a large series of patients with inflammatory bowel disease followed by specific ca
ohydrate diet.
Critical appraisal using CASP analysis or CASP checklist
1.
Yes, the review presented a clearly addressed question because IBD had been regarded as a multifactorial diseases that could be linked to a genetic background however, there may still be requirement of a specific trigger from the environment in order for the disease to show its results. There were numerous studies as well as considerations that reflected numerous triggers. However, a specific trigger was not identified. Subjects for this study included the individuals, which were diagnosed with the presence of IBD by their physicians and were then followed Specific Ca
ohydrate Diet (SCD). The outcome considered for this study was that the patients with SCD diets should reflect a drug free remission from IBD.
2.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether SCD diet could be implied for IBD patients because IBD patients cannot consume ca
ohydrates due to improper digestion and no drug free treatment or remission for this disease was available. Therefore, this study will provide the evidence whether SCD diet that is ca
ohydrate rich diet in a properly balanced manner can prove as a potential drug free remission for IBD patients.
3.
a)
The study presented by Kakodkar, Farooqui, Mikolaitis and Mutlu (2015) was the first study in order to determine the impact of SCD diets upon the patients suffering from IBD. Patients with IBD cannot digest disaccharide sugars due to lack of enzymes required to digest disaccharides. However, SCD focuses upon providing a high ca
ohydrate diet to that may be rich in fats, proteins as well as monosaccharaides such as glucose, galactose and fructose.
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Further, the characteristics of patients following this diet or the potential positive impacts of this diet have not been studies in literature, as a result of which, this study emerges as the first study that may describe the impact of SCD diet upon IBD patients and whether it can be an alternate for ca
ohydrate consumption among IBD patients.
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