Article critique using RCT Appraisal Tool

Article critique using RCT Appraisal Tool

Answer 1

Yes the study has asked a clearly-focused question. The article is based on interstitial cystitis and it focuses on that interstitial cystitis, also known as pelvic pain syndrome is a disease of chronic bladder that causes pain, urgency and frequency in urination. Although on average until a few years ago needed a mean time of 5 years to reach a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis, now the times are a bit changed, the diagnosis of this disease is relatively easy with the advent of internet.

Answer 2

This was a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study. It cannot be told as to whether it was not a randomised controlled trial or not because the article does not give any proper evidence or hint for concluding the types of trial the study underwent.

Answer 3

Yes, the participants were put appropriately in groups and it was made sure that they are studied in an effective manner. The participants in the study were the women who were diagnosed with IC and were put into two randomised groups. The first group was made to listen to a twenty five minute imagery compact disk, two times in a day and for eight weeks. The other group was made to rest for twenty five minutes two times in a day for eight weeks.

Answer 4

Yes, the participants, staff and the study personnel were blind to the participants' study group. They did not know about the responses that the participants had to give and were also not able to influence the answers of the participants. They were the ones who were unable to make sure that they can influence the study group. This was the reason that the participants were able to perform in an unbiased manner and their responses were not influenced at all.

Answer 5

It cannot be told as to whether the participants who entered the trial accounted for at its conclusion or not. The component "pain", introduced in the definition correctly, is often experienced differently in the individual person, and this partly explains the differences in clinical manifestation, the other element is that you begin now to consider the condition a problem, if not systemic, however, involving different organ systems, which affects treatment, necessarily multimodal.

Answer 6

It is not clear as to whether the participants in the groups followed up and collected data in the same way or not. the participants are different and it is very difficult for all of them to perform the study in the same manner. This is a very different study and despite the name, interstitial cystitis is very different from common cystitis, caused by bacteria specific. It is caused by altered cell walls of the bladder, whose cause is still unknown. This is the reason that the data collected is in the same manner or not.

Answer 7

Yes, the participants had the chance to minimise the play of chance. This is because they were not being influenced and were left ...