Juliet Anyanwu RE: Discussion – Week 4COLLAPSE
Healthcare professionals use PICOT questions to clear clinical issues in a way that assists to efficiently and quickly find the right information to answer the clinical question (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2018). The purpose of the PICOT question is to direct the systematic search of healthcare databases to find the best available evidence to answer the question (Melnyk & Fine-out-Overholt, 2018). Understanding how to appropriately formulate a clinical question in PICOT format and using it systematically in your search is vital to efficiently begin the EBP process (Melnyk & Fine-out-Overholt, 2018). Systematically formulating a clinical question makes it possible to find an answer faster and proficiently, leading to enhanced methods and patient outcomes (Stillwell et al., 2010).
Question– In geriatric inpatients, does hand hygiene using soap and water compared to the use of hand sanitizers help in lessening the occurrences of Hospital Acquired Infection within three months?
PICOT Question
In geriatric inpatients (P), does hand hygiene using soap and water (I) compared to the use of hand sanitizers(C), help in lessening of Hospital Acquired Infection (HAIs) incidences (O) within three months (T)?
Search Terms used
The search terms used were: Hand Hygiene, hand washing, Hospital-acquired infections, inpatient geriatrics, and hand sanitizers.
Database used
The two databases used were CINAHL Plus with Full Text and MEDLINE with Full Text.
Search Results
CINAHL Plus with Full Text produced 120 results, while MEDLINE with Full Text, which had 80 (Walden University Library, n.d. – a). These presented both original research articles and systematic reviews. The search was restricted to articles within five years. Also, to conduct the search, the article towards the research question was used. It was all related to hand hygiene, hand washing, hand sanitizers, and hospital-acquired infections management. Two articles were from original research.
Addition of Boolean Operator
Adding the search terms using the Boolean operators changed my search significantly. The amounts of records returned were remarkably decreased and increased on the articles available based on their significance to my study. It expedited the accomplishment of more detailed results and helped save time as the results became more suitable for my desires. It also gets rid of unsuitable articles. Boolean operators and nesting help one search for combinations of words or phrases processed in a particular order (Library of Congress, n.d.).
Strategies to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search and example
The strategies I will make to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search for my PICOT question include: Using Boolean operators. The use of Boolean operators helps facilitates, confines the search to the most relevant results, and is more focused. I will also limit the search to a particular year range. Limiting the year range, this helps in returning current searches and also uses more than one database for my search, because everyone may have more articles. I will seek the help of a Librarian to assist me in the preliminary inquiry. Another strategy is using parentheses. The use of Parentheses will help me get the search I want.
References
Library of Congress. (n.d.). Search/browse help-Boolean Operator and nesting. Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/ui/en_US/htdocs/help/searchBoolean.html
Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Stillwell, S. B., Fineout-Overholt, E., Melnyk, B. M., & Williamson, K. M. (2010). Evidence-based practice, step by step: asking the clinical question: a key step in evidence-based practice. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 110(3), 58-61.
Walden University Library (n.d.-a). Databases A-Z. Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981
Angel Brockington-Hall RE: Discussion – Week 4: Main PostCOLLAPSE
After reviewing the five types of foreground questions, it was determined that a meaning question would be the most suitable approach for posing a question using PICOT. According to Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt (2018), meaning questions explore the relationship between an experience and an outcome, the extent or range of a rare occurrence, or “the influence of culture on healthcare” (p. 39).
PICOT Component
Description
Patient population
Sexual assault survivors
Intervention/issue of interest
Ongoing treatment and support/cultivating community support culture
Comparison intervention/issue of interest
Challenging traditional beliefs and attitudes with awareness and education
Outcome
Increased rates of reporting and support networks
Time
Post-assault through three months
What is the quality of life (O) for sexual assault survivors (P) who report the incident and receive treatment and ongoing community support (I) within the first three months (T), compared to their counterparts who choose not to report (C) their lived experience?
The search terms used included sexual assault victims or sexual assault survivors, rape and quality of life, community support, and treatment, contributing factors, reporting sexual assault, sexual assault, coping behavior, and trauma. Boolean operators and nesting were applied to “search for combinations of words or phrases processed in a specified order” (Library of Congress, n.d.), and expanders such as “apply related words” and “search with the full text of the articles” were applied to refine results.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MEDLINE with Full Text, APA PsycINFO, and APA PsycArticles were databases used to research the PICOT question. The American Psychological Association (APA) publishes articles available in the APA PsycArticles and APA PsycINFO databases. According to Walden University Library (n.d.), both databases are “a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology” (para. 1). CINHAL Plus, with full text, offers “a robust collection of full-text nursing and allied health journals” (Walden University Library, n.d., para. 1). It provides and permits access to nearly 800 journals indexed in the original CINAHL database. According to Walden University Library (n.d.), “CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature” (para. 1).
Similarly, Medline with Full text presents “the authoritative medical information” on various health professions, including nursing. Nearly 1,500 journals are indexed in MEDLINE, which offers full text (Walden University Library, n.d., para. 1).
Walden University’s Library “Database search skills: Set up your search” option encourages the use of one term when searching databases to return the best and broadest results. Entering a single word can be used to determine whether the precise term aligns with “scholarly works” (Walden University Library, Database search skills: Set up your search, n.d.-b.). Applying this recommendation produced over 20,000 articles. Limiters such as peer-reviewed scholarly journals and a publication date no older than 2015 were used, resulting in the following results:
Without the Boolean search operators and, or, and not, a search for sexual assault survivors returned a total of 1,039 results. The number of original research articles returned within the APA PsycINFO database was five out of six, proving a high probability of finding trustworthy, scholarly, current, and original research applied to the PICOT question. When the Boolean search operator AND was used to include reporting sexual assault, collectively, all four databases were reduced to five total search results. Search results increased exponentially, when an additional field of the Boolean operator OR was employed. In the second field of the database search, the terms beliefs or perceptions or views or attitudes were added. Including the Boolean connector OR, produced greater than 400,125 results. However, the articles resulting from adding OR produced fewer articles germane to the PICOT question.
Some strategies could be applied to databases that make searching a PICOT question more efficient and rigorous. These strategies include:
According to Hartzell and Fineout-Overholt (2018), the above represent “basic and advanced behaviors that clinicians would use to competently search bibliographic databases such as the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and MEDLINE” (p. 56). Searching databases that have relevancy to a PICOT question facilitates the evidence searching and gleaning process. Boolean operators serve as “connectors” which can be used to expand (using OR) or narrow (using AND) searches.
Overall, there are standard competencies expected of advanced practice clinicians, and there are various resources available to facilitate and promote honing these critical skills.
References
Hartzell, T. A. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Chapter 3: Finding relevant evidence to answer clinical questions. In B. M. Melnyk, B. M., & E. Fineout-Overholt (Eds.), Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (pp. 607-653). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Library of Congress. (n.d.). Search/browse help – Boolean operators and nesting. https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/ui/en_US/htdocs/help/searchBoolean.html
Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2018). Evidence-based practice in
nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA:
Wolters Kluwer.
Walden University Library. (n.d.-a). Databases A-Z: Nursing. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?s=19981
Walden University Library. (n.d.-b). Database search skills: Set up your search. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/databasesearchskills/setupyoursearch
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