Compose a 1000 words essay on Critically appraise 5 recent articles on a rehabilitation aspect covered within this topic (can be on a particular module or spe. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download fil

Compose a 1000 words essay on Critically appraise 5 recent articles on a rehabilitation aspect covered within this topic (can be on a particular module or spe. Needs to be plagiarism free!

This paper aims at critically analyzing and appraising research articles on multidisciplinary rehabilitation, thus giving deeper insight into the concept’s benefits, setbacks and possible future improvement. Summary and Critical Appraisal The first article under scrutiny details research by Mitchell et al. (2008) titled ‘Multidisciplinary care planning in the primary care management of completed stroke: A systematic review.’ The authors adopted a method combining literature review, analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials, qualitative studies and observation of stroke patients within the two aforementioned care settings. Results indicated that the mortality rate of stroke patients was not affected by multidisciplinary care, but it was uncertain if multidisciplinary setting contributed to the positive outcomes. The authors concluded that multidisciplinary care does not guarantee improvement of stroke patients, but provides process benefits like better task allocation among team members hence improved patient care. The article is significant because it provides proof that improvement of care approaches depends on collaborative functioning of professionals. However, the outcomes and interventions of the studies examined appear to be uniform, hence findings are presented mostly in a narrative manner and the comparison basis is not sufficiently diverse. Although the authors claim to have conducted a comprehensive information search, there is a possibility that some literature could have been left out. There is also no use of statistical analysis, making it difficult to determine significance of the results. The second article is ‘Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for adults with multiple sclerosis (Protocol)’ by Khan et al. (2007). The method followed by the authors involves analysis of participation strategies and activities defined by the world health organization (WHO). The authors intend to use an information search strategy made in collaboration with the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis Group (CMSG) search coordinators, in order to avoid duplication. The article outlines considerations intended to enhance accuracy and credibility of outcomes. These include: adequate randomization, sufficient blinding of patients, care providers and outcome assessors to intervention, as well as, ensuring baseline similarity of partisan groups in terms of prognostic indicators. As a proposed protocol for multidisciplinary rehabilitation, this article is rather comprehensive. However, it does not mention specific prognostic indicators that could be used in selection of patients for the research and ways in which they would be measured. Further, there is no use of statistical analysis for eligible studies, making it difficult to determine significance of the results. Lang et al.’s (2003) article ‘Multidisciplinary rehabilitation versus usual care for chronic low back pain in the community: Effects on quality of life’ is the third in this analysis. The authors suggest that MDR may improve treatment capacity and availability of rehabilitation services for patients with back pain. The authors utilize a comparative study design, comparing outcomes of randomly chosen back pain patients, in an MDR group and a conventional intervention group, after 6 months treatment. The article also clearly describes the prognostic aspects used to select patients involved in the study.