How Cardiac Arrest Survivors Cope With Life Particularly Survivors From In-hospital

Article Critique — "Lived experiences of surviving in‐hospital cardiac arrest” by Bremer, Dahné, Stureson, Årestedt, & Thylén (2019)
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Article Critique — "Lived experiences of surviving in‐hospital cardiac arrest” by Bremer, Dahné, Stureson, Årestedt, & Thylén (2019)
Introduction
Cardiac arrest is a serious health problem plaguing the world, with an estimated 3.7 million lives being affected worldwide. This condition is also linked to high risks of morbidities and other health-related complications. This condition can be felt in homes and in-hospital centers. However, there has been a growing concern about how cardiac arrest survivors cope with life, particularly survivors from in-hospital cardiac arrest. In this light, this paper critiques the article “Lived experiences of surviving in‐hospital cardiac arrest” by Bremer, Dahné, Stureson, Årestedt, and Thylén (2019) to get a correct glimpse of how cardiac arrest survivors cope with life. The paper concedes that healthcare professionals and family members play a central role in making cardiac arrest survivors lead a quality life. This paper particularly critiques the title through the future research implications to have a correct glimpse of cardiac arrest survivors and their quality of life.
Abstract
The article has an abstract that details an array of content. In particular, the abstract details the aims, design, method, findings, and conclusion. Outlining of these elements aligns to what Gray, Grove, and Suther land (2017) ascribe to. It is believed that a good abstract should cover the aspects mentioned above. In this vein, this abstract qualifies to be elaborate and detailed. However, to make it better, the research could have added implications to prepare readers on the significance of the study to future studies. Nonetheless, this section remains to have meaningful content that aligns with the study findings and results. Its details can inform future research and the impact if poised to be significant.
Title
The title of the study reads, “Lived experiences of surviving in‐hospital cardiac arrest.” This title is perceived to be detailed because it elaborates the article’s subject. It is an interesting title to the reader as they would be inclined to explore the paper to understand it further. In addition, the title is detailed to provide a gist into the content of the article.
Introduction
Problem Statement
Although the problem statement is not sub-sectioned to make it easily decipherable, it is well captured under the background section. It is specifically charged under the line, “As more people survive IHCA, there is a growing need for knowledge about how the events affect these survivors’ continued life” (Bremer et al., 2019). This problem statement is important as it is corroborated with the rationale necessitating the study. A critical appraisal of the problem statement indicates that it explicitly captures the significance of the research paper. However, researchers could have done it better by having a designated subheading to be easily decipherable. Nonetheless, this problem statement is congruent with purpose and derived from the abstract gap. The background further highlights different variables and parameters that are of interest to the study in question.
Purpose
The purpose of the study is “to illuminate meanings of people’s lived experiences of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest” (Bremer et al., 2019). This purpose is clear and discernible. Noteworthy, this purpose statement clearly outlines population, setting, and variables. The population is survivors of cardiac arrest, while the variable is viewed concerning the challenges and commitment of restoring optimum health among individuals who suffered cardiac arrest. The setting is the hospital. In this light, the purpose is correctly outlined.
Literature Review
The literature review is not sub-sectioned under a designated subheading. However, it has been extensively elucidated in the study. It spans several secondary pieces of information published between 1986 and 2017. Gray, Grove, and Sutherland (2017) concede that recent sources must inform ideal literature, especially those published within ten years. The authorities that told this literature are contrary to this criterion because it comprises sources dated 1986 (Bremer et al., 2019).
Nonetheless, this literature review succeeds by having a critical synthesis and appraisal of the used sources. This has helped identify the research gap and justifies the known and unknown information about the issue at hand. This literature elucidates the problem at hand by utilizing theories to understand the scope and highlights the background of the discussions. In this regard, it is inferable that this literature review is objective and focused on analyzing the issue in its entirety. Therefore, it can be rightly stated that this literature informs the case at hand in length that, in the end, promises justifiable results.
Conceptual/Theoretical Framework
An explicit theoretical framework guides this study. This feature makes it easy for readers to understand a link between the research and the underpinning theory. However, this study’s theoretical framework has its set of inefficiency. In particular, it lacks a conceptual diagram that could aid readers in having a clear understanding of the study in question. The lack of this feature is contrary to what Gray, Grove, and Sutherland (2017) ascribe to an elaborate framework. In this vein, a detailed theoretical framework needs improvement to make it easy to understand the link between variables and concepts.
Research Objectives, Questions, or Hypotheses
The study lacks research questions or hypotheses. At its best, it only captures the aims of the study. Most of these aspects are implicit and transfer complexity to the reader to connect the dots and understand the study research question. In this light, this feature makes it complicated to assess wordings and the research consistency to understand the purpose and the problem being addressed in the study. Thus, this area comes out handy as a problematic area that the researchers would have done much better to guarantee the reader a flow of the research problem and findings.
Variables
Variables lack a designated subtopic in the article. However, they are easily noticeable. These variables are evident in the purpose statement, for example, understanding the life of cardiac arrest survivors. This concept has been significantly appraised aided by the use of conceptual frameworks. In this vein, the variable can be argued to be congruent with the abstract definitio...