Clinical Inquiry : Picot Question

This question format model, helps in optimization of applied research specifics, medical style questions, updated peer review of research, and even allows assessing students to support evidence based practice in defining appropriate questions (Holloway et al. 2004).

Diabetes is a lifelong disease that is caused a reduction of production of insulin. There are many types of diabetes mellitus, but the most common are Type I Diabetes or Juvenile Onset Diabetes or Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM), Type II or Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM), and Gestational. The quantitative research study of PICOT question is based on the patient with diabetes. The refined PICOT question that is identified is: Patient with diabetes Type 2 is better to treat them with lifestyle change of with medications? “As the number of individuals with diabetes rises, so do problems associated with diabetes identification and management” (Packer-Tursman, 2015, p. 23). To manage the diabetic disease, applying the PICOT formulating question is important to identify the population who is at risk. After identifying the people who are at risk, the type management must be set as the intervention that would be applicable to these people. The requirement to manage the patients with diabetic should be easy and specific in which the patient would be able to follow to promote compliance. Many diabetic patients can be managed with a lifestyle change like to teach them about their diet and exercise. Nevertheless, there are some patients with diabetes would require medication like insulin regardless of the effort that has been deployed. This is where the practitioner needs to compare the patients who will be

In Nightingale’s Letters to Hewlett Concerning Sanitation in India, she formulates evidence based questions through the identification of aspects of population, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time, to improve sanitation problems in India (Nightingale, 1853-1893). With her efforts to utilize evidence based practice through the collaboration with other public health officials, she lead the way to the formation of the modern global initiative for evidence based healthcare improvements (Strickler, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the disparities in breast cancer among minority and lower socioeconomic status women in order to formulate a clinical question with regard to the nurse

PICO questions break down the components of an evidence based decision making process into chunks of information which are more easily compiled in order to formulate an appropriate research question. P= Patient problem or population, I= Intervention, C= Comparison (where it is applicable), and O=Outcomes. For this change project question, the PICO formatted question is broken down as follows:

When a question has been identified the best study design can be chosen. For a prognosis question, a good quality cohort study would be used. For a non-compliance question, a qualitative study would be appropriate and for the effectiveness of treatment a systematic

This project will employ a Population-Intervention-Comparative-Outcome (PICO) fromat for development of the research question to be investigated:

The PICO (T) format is a way to develop a clinical question that lends itself to searching for evidence. Select a common nursing practice (e.g., wound care management) in your clinical setting and formulate a PICO question. Once you have formulated your question, conduct a library search and locate one scholarly article that addresses the topic you have selected. Post your clinical question in the TD, explain the PICO(T) elements, and provide a full reference of the article you selected.

Should a Bonferroni procedure be conducted in this study? Provide a rationale for your answer.

Analyze and critically appraise evidence-based literature to support the solution to the identified problem. A minimum of (5) articles must be identified. This may include guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse, Joanna Briggs Institute, or a review from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review.

As a school nurse in an urban middle school setting conducting a study to test the effect of a coaching intervention for students with Type 1 Diabetes, I would first need to formulate my PICO question. In this case it would be “In middle school students with Type 1 Diabetes, what is the effectiveness of coaching intervention on student understanding?” Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition which usually occurs during childhood or adolescence due to genetics and exposure to certain viruses (Mayoclinic.org, 2016).

The purpose of the article is clearly stated from the background statement, however, the introduction part doesn’t clearly specify if the problem or the research is particularly conducted on adults or pediatrics. This is

Based on this idea, Eyer et al. (2009) conducted a study to identify clinical characteristics and

Both clinicians who are enquiring clinical questions and researchers who are conducting in-depth searches for systematic reviews come across a few

A Descriptive research purpose was used to answer the quantitative research PICOT question. In human research, a descriptive study can provide naturally occurring health status, behavior, attitudes and other characteristics of a particular group. In descriptive studies, data is collected without interfering the environment and is also referred as observational study. Descriptive studies are conducted to examine

The background question as stated above seeks to establish a foundation for asking answerable questions ( Melnyk & Fineout- Overholt, 2015). According to the authors, this type of background question is a broad question that asks for general information that can be found by analyzing available statistical data recorded on the issue. This type of question has two components : the starting place of the question ( what , where , when and why) and the outcome of interest (the clinical diagnosis) ( Melnyk & Fineout- Overholt, 2015). The follow up question seeks to determine if possible interventions have been utilized to