PiCO search strategy work sheet Scenario: : Sarah, a first-year nursing student, is feeling depressed because of the pre
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PiCO search strategy work sheet
Scenario: : Sarah, a first-year nursingstudent, is feeling depressed because of the pressure of herstudies, the unfamiliar environment of university, and associatedfinancial difficulties. She has heard that physical activity canhave a positive effect on mood and as a result is consideringstarting an exercise program. However, her friend recently beganpracticing mindfulness meditation and told Sarah that it hasimproved her mood and helped her to deal with the pressure ofstudying. Sarah wants to know more about this and decides to searchfor evidence to determine which approach would be more effective inhelping to improve her mood.
Developing your Research Question
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Research Question in Full
Search Plan (write your search terms, including synonymsand truncations).
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Search Strategy
The search strategy you have entered into PubMed usingBoolean operators, truncations and wild card symbols (ifapplicable).
Limits (filters) applied to your search.
Search history from PubMed and first 3results.
A screen shot showing all elements of the search history and afurther screenshot showing the first 3 results.
Scenario: : Sarah, a first-year nursingstudent, is feeling depressed because of the pressure of herstudies, the unfamiliar environment of university, and associatedfinancial difficulties. She has heard that physical activity canhave a positive effect on mood and as a result is consideringstarting an exercise program. However, her friend recently beganpracticing mindfulness meditation and told Sarah that it hasimproved her mood and helped her to deal with the pressure ofstudying. Sarah wants to know more about this and decides to searchfor evidence to determine which approach would be more effective inhelping to improve her mood.
Developing your Research Question
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Research Question in Full
Search Plan (write your search terms, including synonymsand truncations).
Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Search Strategy
The search strategy you have entered into PubMed usingBoolean operators, truncations and wild card symbols (ifapplicable).
Limits (filters) applied to your search.
Search history from PubMed and first 3results.
A screen shot showing all elements of the search history and afurther screenshot showing the first 3 results.