HHLT1RAE Research and Evidence in Practice – Article Summary Template
Name:
Teacher:
QUESTION
1. Briefly state the nature of the
study (i.e., what is the health
issue? why is it significant?)
2. How does the issue affect the
population of interest?
3. State the objective of the study.
Student number:
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LOCATION IN ARTICLE
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Depression disorder is a disturbance of mood, leading to a state of Section: Introduction
sadness, low self-esteem, guilt, sleep distur bance, and change in Subsection: N/a
appetite (Fry, 2016). Depressionis associated with increased morbidity
and mortality, including a higher rate of attempted and completed
suicide (Peltzer, Yi, & Pengpid, 2017). The disorder is also associated
with decreased quality of life (Kolovos et al., 2017) and increased
health care and work-related cost (Hallgren et al., 2017). Studies report
that depression is considered a major impetus for suicide among
university students (Peltzer et al., 2017), and increases the risk of
substance abuse (Bravo, Pearson, & Henson, 2017).
Studying is considered an exhausting experience for nursing students Section: Introduction
(Cheung et al., 2016; Patterson, 2016), and stress from study overload Subsection: N/a
and the heavy requirements of undergraduate education may result in
depression and anxiety (Dubert, Schumacher, Locker, Gutierrez, &
Barnes, 2016; Smith & Yang, 2017).
To compare the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation versus physical Section: Abstract
exercise in the management of depression among nursing students. Subsection: Background
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4. What was the study design? An experimental, randomized, controlled study. Section: Method
Subsection: Design

5. What was the duration of the Data were collected over a 3-month period from August to November Section: Method
trial? 2016. Subsection: Data collection

6. What was the sample size at the A list of all nursing students was obtained from the administration, and Section: Method
beginning of the study? 219 were selected using a random number generator. Of these, only Subsection: Sample size
200 students were willing to participate in the study. determination and Sampling
Technique

7. How were participants A simple random sample technique was used to recruit participants. Section: Method
recruited? Subsection: Sample size
determination and Sampling
Technique

8. How was the trial site selected? A public university in Jordan was chosen because it has facilities that fit Section: Method
the physical exercise and meditation session requirements. Subsection: Setting

9. What were the inclusion Nursing students Section: Method

criteria? Subsection: Sample size
determination and Sampling
Technique
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10. What were the exclusion N/a Section: N/a

criteria? Subsection: N/a

11. How many participants were in Section:

each group at the beginning of Subsection:
the study?

12. How were participants allocated Section:

to groups? Subsection:

13. Briefly outline the study Section:

procedure for the mindfulness Subsection:
group.

14. Briefly outline the study Section:

procedure for the exercise Subsection:
group.

15. Were the researchers blinded No, because the principal investigator (F.A.A.), who Section: Method
to group allocation? has mindfulness meditation expertise, guided the mindfulness Subsection: Data collection
mediation sessions

16. What data collection The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Section: Method
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instrument was used in the
study and how was it
administered?
17. What were the data collection
time points?
(CESD-R) was used to measure depression among the students Subsection: Instrument
before and after the intervention for both groups. No permission was
required to use the CESD-R and the original English version was used.
Translation for the CESD-R was not needed, as the language of
education for nursing students in Jordan is English.
Section:
Subsection:

18. What were the pre-test Section:

between group findings? Were Subsection:
they significant?

19. What were the within group Section:

findings for each group? Were Subsection:
they significant?

20. What were the post-test Section:

between group findings? Were Subsection:
they significant?