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ULM MOT Critical Appraisal of a Paper (CAP) Format

Adapted from AOTA Critical Appraisal of a Paper format

Clinical Bottom Line: (Your conclusion): Click here to enter text. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Click here to enter text.

Study Citation:Click here to enter text.

Lead author's name, email and fax: Click here to enter text.

Clinical Question. Write in PICO or PEO format, then write in a focused clinical question: Click here to enter text.

Databases Searched:Click here to enter text.

Search Terms: Click here to enter text.

Hits Yielded: Click here to enter text.

Study Objectives: Click here to enter text.

Study Design: Click here to enter text.

Sample Selection: (Description of how subjects were selected to participate) Click here to enter text.

Inclusion Criteria: Click here to enter text.

Exclusion Criteria: Click here to enter text.

Sample Characteristics: (How many were included in the study group? Include # or % of dropouts, # or % Male and Female, Age, Ethnicity, Disease or Disability diagnosis. You can copy a table from the study and paste here) Click here to enter text.

Intervention(s) and Control Groups. Add groups if necessary.

Experimental Group Treatment: (Description of what this group received [Ex: Splinting and CIMT]. Who delivered it and in what setting? Frequency? Duration?). Answer each question. Click here to enter text. Control Group “Treatment”: (Description of what this group received. Who delivered it and in what setting? Placebo? No treatment? An alternative treatment? Frequency? Duration?). Answer each question. Click here to enter text.

Random Assignment to Groups: Were the subjects randomly assigned to groups? Explain. If they were randomly assigned, describe the randomization process. Click here to enter text.

Outcome and Measures: Complete for EACH relevant measure when answering the evidence-based question: Name of measure, what outcome was measured, whether the measure is reliable and valid (as reported in article – yes/no/NR [not reported]), and how frequently the measure was used. Click here to enter text.

Measurement Biases: Were the evaluators blind to treatment status? Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text. Recall or memory bias. Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text.

Intervention Biases: Answer the following questions with “yes” or “no” and explain. Contamination: Click here to enter text. Co-intervention: Click here to enter text. Timing: Click here to enter text. Site: Click here to enter text. Use of different therapists to provide intervention:Click here to enter text.

Results: (Describe the results and how these were presented, i.e. averages, statistical and clinical significance, effect sizes, confidence intervals…) Click here to enter text.

Was this study adequately powered (large enough to show a difference)? Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text. Were appropriate analytic methods used? Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text. Were statistics appropriately reported (in written or table format)? Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text.

Limitations (appropriateness of study design): Was the study design type appropriate for the knowledge level about this topic? Answer yes or no, and explain. Click here to enter text. Are the results valid? (Are there any threats to validity, biases, etc. Did the authors try to control for threats to validity, i.e. use intent to treat principle, blind clinicians and groups, start and end with homogenous groups. Was study adequately powered? Were statistics appropriately reported?) Click here to enter text. How can I apply the results to patient care? Would the results be beneficial to your patients? Why or why not? Click here to enter text.

Appraised by: Click here to enter text.