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Treating Arthritis with Fish Oil and Omega-3s (EPA and DHA)

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Inquiry in Health Care (HLSC122)

   

Added on  2020-02-24

Treating Arthritis with Fish Oil and Omega-3s (EPA and DHA)

   

Inquiry in Health Care (HLSC122)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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Student NameUnit: HLSC122Assessment 2: Searching for evidenceWord count:Student name/student number
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IntroductionThis assignment is based on scenario one, Fish Oil. Peggy is an older lady aged 65 years old and has degenerative osteoarthritis in her knees. Her friend Edith has told her that fish oil is good for arthritis and wants to try it. The clinical question for this scenario is “in older women with osteoarthritis is fish oil an effective treatment option?” The assignment aims to describe the search for evidence using the PICO question. Apart from the keywords derived from the PICO/PICo question, alternative search terms will be introduced to increase the efficiency of the search and increase chances of getting the required resources. I will two nursing databases will be used to perform the search. Searching for evidenceEvidence-based practice (EBP) offers nurses with an approach to use critically analysed and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care to particular clients or populations [ CITATION Maj11 \l 1033 ]. Peggy requires scientifically proven evidence to determinewhether fish oil would improve her condition. The first step is identifying the population, intervention, comparison and outcome. The PICO format is a helpful technique for summarising a research question that examines the effect of therapy [ CITATION Riv12 \l 1033 ]. The PICO; P is older women with osteoarthritis, I is fish oil, and O is the effective treatment option. Hence, the search terms are older women, osteoarthritis, fish oil and treatment option. Alternative search terms are aged ladies, degenerative joint disease, and fish-liver oil. These search terms and phrases are sufficient to answer the PICO question and determine whether Peggy can use fish oil to treat osteoarthritis. Student name/student number
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The best two nursing databases that I would use to perform the search are CINAHL complete and Medline complete. These two databases have been chosen because they are authoritative, have peer reviewed journals and are simple to use. The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is an effective source of primary studies for qualitative evidence synthesis. Besides, CINAHL provides distinct studies for systemic reviews [CITATION Wri15 \l 1033 ]. The thesaurus of CINAHL contains a variety of terms associated with research techniques such as action research, ethnographic research and naturalistic enquiry. Although CINAHL might seem better than MEDLINE Complete, they both have thousands of peer reviewed articles. A review conducted in 2015 showed that MEDLINE complete was the biggest companion to MEDLINE [ CITATION Kas15 \l 1033 ]. This database offers the full text of approximately 2500 medical journals. Additionally, most of the medical articles on MEDLINE Complete are available to users with no restrictions. In fact, users can access the peer reviewed articles as soon as they are published on the database. Another benefit of MEDLINE complete is the scope of its content [ CITATION Kas15 \l 1033 ]. Searching for evidence in both CINAHL complete and MEDLINE complete adds significantly to the information need for systemic reviews. It is evident that both CINAHL complete and Medline complete are effective to search for evidence in the chosen case scenario. The table below demonstrates how I used the CINAHL complete to search for evidence utilising the table from the book by Richardson-Tench and colleagues. ActionsSearch modeResultsLimiters (or expanders)S1 Older women Find all my search terms 19,498Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journalsStudent name/student number
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