Narrative Performance Appraisal

The aim of this assignment is to appraise one systematic and one narrative review paper critically, using a quality appraisal tool. The assignment will start with a brief discussion of the types of literature review, with greater focus on the systematic and narrative reviews and their role in evidence based practice, with an illustration of the features and limitations of each type. In addition, the justification for choosing the particular appraisal tool will be discussed and, finally, both papers will be appraised and compared.This type of review is useful in developing a theoretical and conceptual framework (Kirkevold, 1997; Cronin et al., 2008). Moreover, expert opinion is considered the lowest form of evidence (Torgerson, 2003). In addition, a SR provides an up-to-date summary of a healthcare interventional outcome; therefore, it is considered to be the corner-stone of evidence based practice …show more content…
The CASP appraisal tool is designed for teaching purposes and aims to assist researcher improve their critical appraisal skills to build sense of evidenced based practice (Critical Appraisal Skills Program Checklists, 2009). It consists of three sections that assess internal validity, the results and the relevance to practice by addressing three broad structured questions to make sense of the review: is the study valid?; what are the results?; and will the results help locally? (Critical Appraisal Skills Program Checklists, 2009).SRs follow specific criteria to determine the relevant studies through the inclusion criteria, compared to the NR which lacks explicit criteria regarding the reported study selection, which increases the risk of bias. This process is usually conducted to reduce the risk of bias, which is introduced by the reviewer during the searching and selecting process (Garg et al.,