Claim: Hand hygiene education and individual feedback of hand hygiene frequency and method were effective
in increasing hand hygiene frequency and improving nurses’ methodology scores of hand hygiene (Chun et al.,
2014).
Evidence: You reported that the article supported the claim, and provided any statistical evidence that
supported that claim in the article.
Reasoning: I chose that same claim for my article and I agree that the author supported the claim that hand
hygiene education and individual feedback are effective in improving the frequency of hand hygiene and the
MICU nurses’ methodology score. The mean before improved from 2.84 to 3.89 (p = 0.0001) is statistically
significant (p < 0.05) for hand hygiene frequency and methods
Critical Appraisal: I agree with the points you mentioned based on Cohn’ critical appraisal guideline. I agree
that the author did not use power analysis in selecting sample in the study, the level of data was not used, but
the research question was measurable and addressed individual. Overall, your critical appraisal was well done.
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