Complete Evidence Table as described in the Evidence Table Worksheet. Include Week 4 worksheet with completed Evidence Table.
I also attached the week 4 worksheet.
Evidence Table Worksheet
I. PICOT Question:
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1. Will you have a comparison group or will subjects be their own controls?
2. Is a ‘time’ appropriate with your question—why or why not?
II. Evidence Synthesis
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Study #1 |
Study #2 |
Study #3 |
Study #4 |
Study #5 |
Synthesis |
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(p) Population |
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(i) Intervention |
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(c) Comparison |
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(o) Outcome |
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III. Evaluation Table
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Citation |
Design |
Sample size: Adequate? |
Major Variables: Independent Dependent |
Study findings: Strengths and weaknesses |
Level of evidence |
Evidence Synthesis |
Running Head: SEARCH TOOLS AND THEIR FEATURES 1
SEARCH TOOLS AND THEIR FEATURES 2
Search tools and their features.
Student’s name:
Professor’s name:
Date.
Overview.
Research is one of the exciting activities that is enjoyed by many people whose interest is to learn new things each and every day. Research using a wide range of search engines to gather enough content from various sites or search tools. Although researching activity may seem enjoyable at many times, it may be challenging, especially to the nursing field when one has insufficient tips on how best to go about it. As a nurse, I enjoy using my free time to conduct intensive research on various issues affecting the healthcare system so as to find out what are the most appropriate and applicable evidence-based interventions to manage multiple health conditions such as stroke, dementia, depression, among other conditions. Based on the dynamics and emerging issues in the healthcare sector, the application of evidence-based practice has been found to be the ultimate solution for nurses. The only challenge many people face more so the nurses are to locate the right evidence-based practice articles that fully address the issues of great concern within the PICOT question. But thanks to the weeks that have provided better approaches and tips that facilitate speedy and accuracy of searches that ensure required articles are gathered for study. Most of the articles I found hardly contained the required content for my PCOT question.
My PICOT question:
In overweight young adults,(P) how will resistance starch (I) compare to ordinary starch (c) influence weight to reduce obesity(O) over a period of eight months(T)?
Exploring the Literature
Picot Question:
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Research Tool |
Search Tips |
Search Terms & Limits |
Findings |
Features |
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CINAHL CINAHL is an SU subscription-only resource that offers full-text access to 336 scholarly journals and indexes over 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Indexed journals do not provide access to full-text. Just because it is indexed in does not mean the Library has full-text access to the journal. SU can always request articles for students via Interlibrary Loan, but the service is not instantaneous. |
· Look at the Major Subject Heading in the Full Record · Use the Limits Feature: · Example: Publication Type=Systematic Review · Try the CINAHL Heading search:
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Keyword search: How resistant starch help to reduce obesity Limits: 2019 to 2021. CINAHL Heading search: causes of obesity in young adults Limits: 2019-2021 |
332 results were obtained after the search Only 10 results were generated. After copy-pasting my PICOT question, five results were generated. |
The tool is excellent and highly beneficial as it helped me locate the essential articles for my PICOT question. It has the ability to open new tabs when new search terms are inserted automatically, and this makes it more reliable when it comes to making comparisons on the results generated when using different search terms. |
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PubMed PubMed is a free health science citation & abstracts index from the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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· Look at MeSH Terms in Full Record · Use the Limits Feature: · Examples: Article Type=Meta-Analysis; Age=All Adult · Look for the open access Free articles!
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Keyword search: causes of obesity in young adults. Limits: 2020 types of obesity and their causes Limits: 2021
MESH search: role of resistant starch in treating obesity Limits: No limits |
1’844 results. 306 Zero results were found. |
One thing I liked about this tool is that it has the ability to organize and break down articles as per their relevance. It also provided suggested terms that reduce time on typing the entire word. |
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Cochrane Library Cochrane Library provides access to the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews. Full text of reviews is subscription only. Index summaries are a public resource. Indexed journals do not provide access to full-text. Just because it is indexed in does not mean the Library has full-text access to the journal. SU can always request articles for students via Interlibrary Loan, but the service is not instantaneous. |
· Use the Simple Search and the Advanced Search Features · Allows you to search with MeSH Terms · Check out the New Reviews Browse reviews by topic |
Keyword search: Obesity management Limits: No limits were given as this limit provided zero results. MESH search: Obesity management Limits: With no limits With limits of 2018 -2021 With limits between 2019-2021 |
1043 results were found on trials and 4 reviews 1047 results were found. Nothing was found. |
When limits are used, most of the results generated never met my needs. Nevertheless, the search tool provided a few articles relevant to my subject matter on the management of obesity. One thing about this tool is that it has the ability to categorize artless according to the level of approval automatically, that trials, reviews, and MESH. |
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· Use the Simple Search and the Advanced Search Features · · Allows you to search with MeSH Terms · · Check out the New Reviews Browse reviews by topic |
Keyword search: Obesity in young adults Limits; 2020
Also browse by: Obesity due to excessive intake of food rich in sugars |
186 results found. Only one 1results b generated, and it was not relevant to my topic. |
This tool is time-consuming and cumbersome since you have to go back to everything to insert new search terms, unlike other tools that automatically open new tabs for new searched terms. |
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TRIP Database TRIP is a clinical search engine to locate publicly available clinical evidence.
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· Limit to: · Systematic Reviews · Guidelines-US
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Keyword search: obesity in young adults and treatment approaches Limits: 2020-2021 |
10 results were obtained. |
This is one of the significant search tools that indicated systematic arrangement of the articles based on the key word searched. it is user-friendly, and one can even view guidelines with respect to their country. |
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SU Library Search |
· Library Search is set up just like an EBSCO · The Library even has a specialized PICOT search setup in Library Search—you must go to Advance search to get to the PICOT option. |
Keyword; Obesity management. Limit: 2021 |
84, 717 results found. |
One of the primary and beneficial features of this tool is that it has an option where one can search for a database and sort it with respect to date, relevance, author, or title. |
References
Milne, N., Low Choy, N., & Steele, M. (2010). Development of a tool for screening children with overweight and obesity: Inter Tester reliability of anthropometric and motor fitness measures. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 4, S14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2010.09.027
Rogers, M., Bethel, A., & Abbott, R. (2017). Locating qualitative studies in dementia on MEDLINE, Embase, cinahl, and PsycINFO: A comparison of search strategies. Research Synthesis Methods, 9(4), 579-586.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1280
Tang, M., & Lytkin, N. (2007). Multiple access to PubMed: A proposal of utilizing mesh as a term suggestion tool for PubMed bibliographic search. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 43(1), 1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504301255
