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What can we learn from pilot studies?
1University of Tennessee College of Nursing, Knoxville, TN, USA. lbeebe1@utk.edu
Topic:
This paper discusses some of the potential lessons to be learned from pilot studies, using a recently completed pilot study of exercise in outpatients with schizophrenia as a case example.
Conclusions:
Pilot studies are a source of important research and clinical information in the areas of recruitment barriers, attendance at study intervention sessions, monitoring procedures, physical sensations from study interventions, and additional outcomes.
Practice Implications:
The author challenges psychiatric nurse clinicians to conduct and report the findings of pilot studies to enhance our knowledge and advance nursing science.
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