According to the Article "Elucidating the chronic, Complex Nature of suicidal ideation: A National Qualitative study of Veterans with a Recent suicide attempt"

Questions

1. How did they develop their hypothesis or research questions? What was the stated purpose (aim, objective), and is it appropriate to express a relational (or difference) between independent and dependent variables?

2. Internal validity a. What are the controls for the threats to internal validity? Are they appropriate? b. Was the fidelity of the intervention maintained, and if so, how?

3. External validity a. What are the controls for the threats to external validity? Are they appropriate?

b. What are the sources of bias, and are they dealt with appropriately?

4.What type of design is used in this study?

5.Is the rationale for the design appropriate?

6. What level of evidence is this study?