Research Critiques and PICOT Statement Final Draft

Research Critique and PICOT Question
Student’s Name
Grand Canyon University
Class
March, 16th 2020
Research Critique and PICOT Question
Hospitalized cancer patients required proper Medicare and body fitness. The use of yoga in hospitals has gained many debates among clinics offering care to cancer patients (Chang, Chen, & Lin, 2017). The practice problem is that many hospitals have not adopted the use of simple yoga in treating hospitalized cancer patients. Little information is still known among the doctors on the effectiveness of simple yoga in enhancing finesses and reducing fatigue among cancer patients (Beitoni, 2018). The PICOT question, “in cancer patients, with fatigue, does yoga as compared to normal care, reduce the symptoms of fatigue, with 12 months after implementation?” is supported by both qualitative and quantitative types of research, and shows the effectiveness of simple yoga in reducing fatigue symptoms among cancer patients, as compared to other normal care. The purpose of this paper will be to analyze two qualitative and two quantitative research articles and the significance of adopting simple yoga among hospitalized cancer patients.
Background
The first quantitative article, “Yoga into cancer care: a review of evidence-based research”, by Agarwal and Marok-Afek reviewed the importance of yoga in cancer care. The article asserts that yoga harmonizes the body and mind. The problem was that few cancer patients were subjected to simple yoga, so this research question of this research was, what are the benefits of yoga on cancer patients? Based on the research outcome, doctors noted a lot of improvements from patients who participated in yoga therapies. The significance of this study to nursing was to inform on the importance of yoga therapies in cancer care.
The second quantitative research, “The Benefits of Yoga Therapy to the Health and Wellness of Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review” by Beitoni, R. discussed the benefits of yoga therapy to the health and wellness of cancer patients. The main objective of this study was therefore to determine the benefits of yoga therapies to the health and wellness of cancer patients. The research question was, “would yoga be more beneficial, physically and mentally, in treating cancer patients than the present approach? The outcome of the study pointed out that yoga therapy had more importance such as addressing psychological factors that influence cancer patients.
The first qualitative research, “A qualitative exploration of the impact of yoga on breast cancer survivors with aromatase inhibitor-associated arthralgia’s” by Desai, K. examined the impact of yoga therapies on the breast of cancer patients. The purpose statement of this research study was to synthesize published research to assess if yoga improved the physical and psychosocial quality of life in patients receiving treatments for breast cancer. The problem is that little information is known on the impact of yoga on breast cancer survivors with aromatase inhibitor-associated arthralgia (Desai, 2012). The research question of this study was, does yoga improve the physical and psychological quality of life in patients receiving treatment for breast cancer? (Desai, 2012). The outcome of the research pointed out that a decrease in depression and depressive symptoms was reported in all of the studies reviewed that looked at psychosocial benefits related to yoga.
The second qualitative research, “yoga in adult cancer: an exploratory, qualitative analysis of the patient experience. BMC complementary and alternative medicine”, by McCall, Thrones, Ward, and Heneghan examined the benefits of yoga on cancer patients. The problem is that little information is known on the benefits of yoga among adult cancer patients. The research question was, what is the potential role and specific programming characteristics of yoga delivery for cancer patients? A research outcome from this study showed that yoga can encourage personal empowerment and physical awareness to patients.
Method
The first quantitative research article, “Yoga into cancer care: a review of evidence-based research”, by Agarwal and Marok-Afek selected several scholarly sources dating back from December 2016 to study and compare the information entailed in such sources. They conducted advanced searches using Boolean operators with keywords search as yoga, medication, and so on. Their primary aim while conducting this research was to find similar research articles that talked about the application of simple yoga in the treatment for patients living with cancer. The gotten research articles based on the conducted search were additionally screened using keywords such as reviews, clinical trials, among others (Agarwal & Maroko-Afek, 2018). This was done to enhance search precision.
The second quantitative research study, “The Benefits of Yoga Therapy to the Health and Wellness of Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review”, by Beitoni, R was purely a literature review done to find crucial facts regarding the importance of integrating yoga into cancer care. The researcher, therefore, conducted a literary search comparing various scholarly databases -such as PubMed- that had vital information regarding the use of yoga in treating patients living with cancer. The literature review was based on the Whittemore and Knafl framework.
The first qualitative research study, “A qualitative exploration of the impact of yoga on breast cancer survivors with aromatase inhibitor-associated arthralgia’s” by Desai, K. included a conceptual framework. The setting for this study was as a clinical setting, and all participants in this study were all women suffering from breast cancer. Sex was, therefore, an inclusion criterion in this research.
The second qualitative research study, “yoga in adult cancer: an exploratory, qualitative analysis...