Factors Affecting MRI No-Shows?

Some patients, particularly those who experience “scanxiety”, may not be familiar with the unique features the machine offers and will have questions about this and other MRI options.

The researchers used purposive sample but did not give any explanation as to why this choice sampling was made. It is essential to describe the sampling process in a research where this facilitates the reader to distinguish any bias in the whole sampling process. In studies using participants, the process of how to select, access, inform and retain research participants requires considerable thought. Sampling is a key issue, because it is

·  Based on your review of the statistics in the study, do you agree with the study’s conclusions? Why or why not?

The results of the study were not useful to the population over a months’ time but over the years the study many show signs of progress (Rolleri, Wilson, Paluzzi, and Sedivy, 2008).

However, there are several limitations to this study. One, the sample size is small, and there results may not generalize to other populations. Second, the study was conducted for only six

"The new improvements are designed to address those issues. Try to alleviate some of the fears, try to make them feel more comfortable, more in control of their environment while they're getting an MRI. They can choose their lighting, their sound, the video they watch. They can also play DVDS if we have one that they like," says MRI Team Leader Shelia Turner.

She also briefly brought up a point on how MRIs can symbolize inequality as getting a MRI shows that you have access to the best of

The authors relied heavily on two studies to create their argument. The first study mentioned was the Pinto et al article. In this study, "Pinto and colleagues (5) assessed the

First week at High Point Regional Hospital was a bit nervous. I didn’t know how the technologists there would interact with me. I worked with Kim, Sonya, and Debbie. All of them seems alright to me. On Tuesday, I didn’t scan anything, I mostly observed the technologists. I helped prep the room, wiped down the table, and put on a new sheet on the table . I’ve learned that the way they scanned their lumbar spine here are different than in Lexington Medical Center. Here, when scanning lumbar, it should only cover 5 disk space, top and bottom field of view (FOV) doesn’t overlap. High Point Regional Hospital has 2 MRI machine; a Siemen Espree and the old Siemen Symphony. Lexington Medical Center has Siemen Aera (newer machine), images are

The framework that will be used to critique the above research paper is Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan (2007). This framework has been chosen because it is easy to follow and is routinely used to critique quantitative research studies (Fothergill and Lipp, 2014).

Cullen and Gendreau compare and contrast the many studies on this subject, the meta-analyses conclusions, their strengths, weaknesses, inconsistencies, and the trends that follow the studies

This study was limited due to the small sample size. Although the conclusions are valid, more research with a

To patients whose are diagnosed with first clinical treatment and the MRI results show clinical exacerbations

These studies only included undergraduate students, therefore consisting mainly of young adults. This raises questions on whether results can be generalised to those in all age groups.

The author’s claim appears to be misleading because it is not clear who the 71% adults are, not enough evidence or broken down into categories. For example, gender, geographic location, adult professionals or otherwise, and ethnicity. Bluman, 2005 claims, that “When interpreting results from studies using small samples, convenience samples, or