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Use of Fish Oil for Osteoarthritis Treatment - Assignment

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This document is a search strategy for the use of fish oil as a treatment for osteoarthritis. Fish oil is a very good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which generally block inflammatory cytokines and prostaglandins. It also helps to lower the triglyceride levels of blood, protecting against heart disease and reducing high blood pressure.  In this assignment, we also cover Peggy who is 65 years old and is suffering from degenerative osteoarthritis in her knees.

Use of Fish Oil for Osteoarthritis Treatment - Assignment

   

Nursing (NURS 325)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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Running head: NURSINGInquiry in healthName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
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1NURSINGIntroductionThis assignment is search strategy for the use of fish oil as a treatment for osteoarthritis.Fish oil is a very good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which generally blocks inflammatorycytokines and prostaglandins. It also helps to lowers the triglyceride levels of blood, protectingagainst heart disease and reducing high blood pressure 3 (Felson & Bischoff-Ferrari, 2015). Inthis assignment there has been described about Peggy who is 65 year old and she is sufferingfrom degenerative osteoarthritis in her knees. One of her friend suggested her to use fish oil. AsPeggy is too much eager to reduce the pain of arthritis she is ready to use anything but she wantevidence in the support of using fish oil (Chevalier, & Eymard, 2016).BodyPICO Question: In older women with osteoarthritis is fish oil an effective treatmentoption?Keywords search: arthritis; osteoarthritis; joint pain; rheumatoid arthritis; marine oil; fishoil; rheumatology; complementary medicineThe best two databases that used to search for evidence are MEDLINE and CINAHL.According to CINAHL the databases shows the searches are:osteoarthritis (2,467)arthritis, rheumatoid (1,173)pain (350)fish oils (349)knee (186)
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2NURSINGarthritis, infectious (184)EBSCO CINAHL DATABASE SEARCHACTION/ TERMSSEARCH MODERESULTSLIMITERS/EXPANDERS(MH “Fish Oils”)Boolean/Phrase271Limiters - Abstract Available;Published Date: 20100101-20171231; English Language; PeerReviewed(MH “Knee Pain”) OR (MH"Osteoarthritis, Knee") OR(MH "Knee Joint")Boolean/Phrase3029Abstract Available; Published Date:20120101-20171231; EnglishLanguage; Peer Reviewed(MH "Fish Oils/DE/TU")Boolean/Phrase75Expanders - Apply related words(MH "Osteoarthritis, Knee/DI/ET/TH/RF")Boolean/Phrase453Expanders - Apply related words(MH "Osteoarthritis, Knee/CO/TH")Boolean/Phrase360Limiters - Abstract Available;Published Date: 20130101-20171231; English Language; PeerReviewedMEDLINE DATABASE SEARCHKeywords/search termsAlternative wordsPosteoarthritisJoint pain, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritisIFish oilMarine oil, marine fishCEffectivenessPatient satisfaction, drug effects,OmedicineRheumatology, treatment outcomeAccording to the database search results two articles was found which were relevant to PICOquestion.1.Efficacy and safety of fish oil in treatment of knee osteoarthritis. In this article, 75 participants were divided into a group three consisting of 25people studying the effects of results after using fish oil 1,000 mg and 2,000 mg once aday for 8 weeks. The patient satisfaction rate was 9.06 of 10 and also by response through
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