Question

This assignment is about fact-checking cited resources. It is not about the effectiveness of cranberry juice on UTIs. You are asked to go to one of the sources cited and see if the statement in the article MATCHES the information provided by the cited reference. The article states, "Because E coli represents the majority of urinary isolates among nursing home residents, cranberry products remain an appealing UTI prevention strategy, but evidence is conflicting.9,10 " Footnotes 9 and 10 give you the sources for this statement:

. 9. Jepson  RG, Williams G, Craig JC. Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;10:CD001321. PubMed 10. Wang CH, Fang CC, Chen NC, et al. Cranberry-containing products for prevention of urinary tract infections in susceptible populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.  Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(13):988-996. PubMed Article Go to one of these original sources cited in the footnotes, and determine if the statement in the article is accurately supported by the original research or not. Share this determination, in your own words, and be specific why you came to this conclusion. This assignment is about fact-checking cited resources. It is not about the effectiveness of cranberry juice on UTIs.

Answer 1

The article correctly reports the finding of the review study by Jepson, Williams and Craig (2012). However, it does not correctly report the findings of the study by Wang et al. (2012) because their study supports the use of cranberries.