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1. Chapter 1 of your textbook describes the purposes of nursing…
1. Chapter 1 of your textbook describes the purposes of nursing research. Based on the statistical procedures used, the purpose of this article can best be described as
A. Description
B. Explanation
C. Prediction
D. Control
2. The type of research in this article can best be described as … (base your answer on the authors’ description of what they did, not on what they say the design was)
A. Descriptive
B. Correlational
C. Quasi-experimental
D. Experimental
3. Which of the following is an example of control as applied by the researchers in the article?
A. Conducting the interview in a patient room
B. Using convenience sampling
C. Using random sampling
D. Conducting the study in a highly controlled environment
4. Which of the following is an example of an unmeasured extraneous variable that might influence the research described in the article?
A. Alcohol use
B. Fear of falling
C. Osteoarthritis grade
D. Hazards in household environment
5. Which of the following represents a conceptual definition for the variable fear of falling?
A. Visual Analogue Scale for Fear of Falling Scale (VAS-FOF) score.
B. Lequesne Index (LI) score.
C. A person’s apprehensive belief that he/she might fall.
D. A history of falls may cause fear of future falls.
6. Which of the following represents an operational definition for the variable fear of falling?
A. Visual Analogue Scale for Fear of Falling Scale (VAS-FOF) score.
B. Lequesne Index (LI) score.
C. A person’s apprehensive belief that he/she might fall.
D. A history of falls may cause fear of future falls.
7. Which of the following best describes the population of the study reported in the article?
A. Turkish adult outpatients with osteoarthritis
B. Turkish adult inpatients with osteoarthritis
C. Turkish older adults
D. Community dwelling Turks age 18 and older
8. Which of the following best describes the research problem that this study addresses?
A. In patients with knee osteoarthritis, biological changes that occur due to aging also increase the risk of falling.
B. No studies to date have evaluated the experience of falling, fear of falling, and the daily functioning of individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
C. Every year, approximately 28%-35% of individuals aged 65 and above fall.
D. Falling places a significant financial burden on both society and families.
9. Which of these statements best highlights the significance of this study’s problem and purpose?
A. In patients with knee osteoarthritis, biological changes that occur due to aging also increase the risk of falling.
B. No studies to date have evaluated the experience of falling, fear of falling, and the daily functioning of individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
C. Many previous studies have examined falls and fear of falling among elderly people.
D. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of knee OA on the functioning and the performance of daily activities of individuals by assessing their fall experiences and their fear of falling.
10. Which of the following is true regarding the feasibility of this study’s problem and purpose?
A. The authors’ academic credentials are described.
B. There is a conflict of interest disclosure statement.
C. The authors received adequate funding.
D. The authors recruited over 80% of eligible participants.
The article needed to answer the question is:
Kurtoglu, P., Tastan, S., & Tunay, S. (2020). How falls and fear of falling affect the performance of daily activities in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 11, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.15452/CEJNM.2020.11.0005
