Complete Part II AND III OF LIT MATRIX (Jackie)

I AM NOT SURE IF I DID PART II RIGHT SO PLEASE REVIEW IT AND CHANGE MY INPUT IN THE FIELDS SO THAT ITS RIGHT.

Continue to work on this Assignment, assigned in Week 6 and due by Day 7 of this week.

To prepare:

Review Part III of the Literature Review Matrix and notice which middle range theories were used most frequently in the articles you reviewed.

Consider the appropriate use of the theoretical frameworks in each article.

Review the information on empiricism presented in Chapter 1 of Theoretical Basis for Nursing and Chapter 6 in The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence as you consider your response to Part IV.

By Day 7 of this Week

Literature Review Matrix
Part I: PICO Analysis of Research Topic
P: Patient or Population
I: Anticipated Intervention
C: Comparison group or Current standard
O: Outcome desired
Source: Adapted from Elkins (2010)
Step 1: Frame your clinical question using the PICO method.
P: What are the Patient’s demographics, aspects such as gender, age or ethnicity
I: What type of intervention is recommended? Is it based on medicine, exercise or rest?
C: Can the treatment under consideration be compared with other alternatives, either medication, exercise or rest?
O: Which are the desired effects? Are the unwanted outcomes from the medication recommended?
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Part II: Search Strategy
Using the Walden Library and other appropriate databases, locate ten scholarly articles that pertain to a practice issue of
interest to you and that is appropriate for an evidence-based practice project.
Step 1: Identify the resources you will utilize, or utilized, to find articles that pertain to your topic
Electronic Databases
Walden Library
Research or Professional
Organizations
Professional organization
Research Gate
Research
tandf online
Research
CDC
Professional organization
NCBI
Research organization
WHO
Professional organization
Experts in the field to consult Books, encyclopedias,
handbooks
Doctors, Research specialists,
Books, journal publications,
lecturers and professors
handbooks
Research specialists, nutrition
Books, journal publications,
experts, lecturers a
handbooks
Doctors, Research specialists,
Books, journal publications,
lecturers and professors
handbooks
Doctors, Research specialists,
Reports, Books, journal
lecturers and professors,
publications, handbooks
physical exercise instructors
Doctors, research specialists
Reports, Books, journal
publications, handbooks
Doctors, Research specialists,
Reports, handbooks,
lecturers and professors,
publications
physical exercise instructors
Step 2: Identify search terms and criteria
Key words & phrases
Causes of chronic illnesses
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Major authors
WHO, CDC
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
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Dietary patterns and chronic
disease prevention
WHO, CDC
Healthy eating and healthy
lifestyles
Obesity and chronic illnesses
WHO,
Healthy lifestyle and eating
perceptions
WHO
Use of ‘and’ plus the use of
quotation marks for the entire
phrase
Use of ‘and’ plus the use of
quotation marks for the entire
phrase
Use of ‘and’ plus the use of
quotation marks for the entire
phrase
Use of ‘and’ plus the use of
quotation marks for the entire
phrase
Substitute and with or
Substitute and with or
Substitute ‘and’ with ‘or’
Substitute ‘and’ with ‘or’
Step 3: Identify Boolean search strings
Healthy eating or healthy lifestyles
Dietary patterns and chronic illnesses
(Healthy lifestyles or obesity) and chronic illnesses
‘Healthy lifestyles and eating perceptions’
Dietary patterns and chronic disease prevention
Major causes of Chronic illnesses
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Part III: Analysis of Literature
Step 1: Summarize the ten (10) articles you select from your search efforts completing the table below.
Summary Table of Analyzed Articles (you may determine your own headings)
Citation
(Weld, Padden,
Ramsey &
Garmon Bibb,
2008)
Conceptual
Framework/
Theory
Promoting
health literacy to
achieve universal
healthcare
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Main finding
Research
method
Strengths of
study
Weaknesses
Level of
Evidence
Improvement of
existing limited
health literacy is
vital in the
efforts to
eliminate
disparities in the
national
population
Descriptive and
correlated
research
Health literacy
skills vary across
different
sociodemographic
and nurses aid to
bridge this gap
Does not
address healthy
lifestyle for a
specific group of
people which
require an
instrument
development
approach.
The use of
correlational
studies
applied in
the military
to examine
health
outcomes
from health
literacy
skills
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Step 2: Briefly summarize the history and purpose of your research question.
Step 3: Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of existing literature.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Step 4: What gap exists in the current literature? Explain.
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Part IV: Identify the influence of empiricism on quantitative research methodology. Discuss its applicability to evidencedbased practice projects.
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