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Literature Review: Searching Databases for Physical Activity and Depression in Older Adults

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Added on  2023-06-17

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This PowerPoint presentation provides a step-by-step guide on how to search databases for physical activity and depression in older adults. It includes tips on developing keywords, using Boolean operators, applying filters and limiters, and selecting appropriate study designs. The presentation also includes referencing details for six selected studies.

Literature Review: Searching Databases for Physical Activity and Depression in Older Adults

   Added on 2023-06-17

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LITERATURE REVIEW
SEARCHING
DATABASES
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Part 1 – Go to the Cumulative Index of Nursing and
Allied Health Professionals database
For searching 6 articles CINAHL complete database was chosen.
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Part 2 – Run your search using the keywords
you have developed
Then using following keywords numerous articles were searched.
Elderly, People over 70, Physical activity, Exercises, Antidepressant drugs, Fitness,
Reducing depression, Improving quality of life
Then Boolean operators were used with key words for searching results, such as:
( Elderly OR People over 70 ) AND ( Physical activity OR Exercises OR
Antidepressant drugs OR Fitness) AND ( Reducing depression OR Improving quality
of life)
In this step 250 results were identified
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Part 3 – Add some new intervention search
keywords
Then for limiting search results new keywords were that are:
(intervention OR program OR programme OR evaluation OR campaign)
With the help of this new search 185 results were searched
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