1.Does the study involve a conceptual or theoretical framework? What is it called?
2.Is this framework one of the models cited in the textbook? Is it related to one of those models?
3.Does the report include a schematic model?
4.According to the framework, which factors directly affect the decision to seek care?
5.According to the framework, which factors indirectly affect the decision to seek care?
6.Did the report present conceptual definitions of key concepts?
7.Did the report explicitly state a hypothesis deducted from the framework?
8.Do you think any aspects of research would have been different without the framework?
9.Could the study have been undertaken using Pender’s Health Care Promotion model as its framework? Why or why not?
10.Would you describe this study as a model testing inquiry, or do you think the model was used more as an organizing framework?
Resource: Polit, D. F. & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
