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- Is the location, or group, in which this research was conducted important to share?
- Do the authors of the research have a track-record/reputation in the field?
- Are there organisational/sponsorship links that may be a conflict of interest/bias the findings?
Map of Australia and NZ. Image from: Chuq
- What kind of study was it? Observational, an RCT, a meta-analysis?
- Does the level of evidence from these, and other types of studies, differ?
- Provide a lay summary of what the participants did in the study?
- Was the methodology the best approach?
- What limitations exist related to the important measures taken, or other aspects of the methodology (participant recruitment for instance)?
- What were the important findings?
- How did the researchers interpret the results?
- Do they over-emphasis the implications of their findings?
- Provide your own insights on the conclusion (it may not quite be the same as the authors)
- How do the findings align with other research in the area (in particular more recent publications that won't be mentioned in the paper)
- What real-world implications does this research have?
- Are there other considerations readers should know about before taking on this practical advice? Perhaps health/safety comments?
