OCTH 604 Evidence Based Occupational Therapy: AOTA Critically Appraised Papers

Critically Appraised Papers (CAPs) are at-a-glance summaries of the methods, findings, study limitations, and clinical implications of selected quantitative intervention-based articles. Critically Appraised Paper presentations are intended to provide a detailed appraisal of an individual quantitative study to determine its value and relevance to occupational therapy practice. [source April 2019]

• Level I: systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or guidelines
• Level II: Randomized controlled trials
• Level III: Two groups, nonrandomized studies (e.g., cohort, case-control)
• Level IV: One group, nonrandomized (e.g., before-and-after, pretest and posttest)

See also this site from our Evidence-Based Practice research guide

MEDLINE, PubMed, and CINAHL database citations include limiters for publication types such as Randomized Controlled Trial. Abstract language may also include clues including randomized clinical trial (also referred to as Experimental or Type 1 study).

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See this link to find Critically Appraised Topics: "At-a-glance" critical appraisal and synthesis of articles that include key findings and the bottom line for occupational therapy practice.