The Research Template

RESEARCH TEMPLATE
The Nurse Professional Assessment 1
Evidence-Based Patient Centred Practice Worksheet
Student Name: Student Number:
Research Topic: Home based care for Dementia Patients
Creating the question
Brief explanation of the nursing intervention (no more than 1 paragraph):
The nurse can use smart watches to track the activities of the patients as wandering is
reported among the dementia patients as well during providing home based care to the patients.
Along with this the health care provider also recruit social care worker to enhance the social
adherence.
What do you want to know?
The effectiveness of the home based care for the dementia patients.
Is this a quantitative (PICO) or qualitative question (PEO)?
This is a qualitative PICO question
Please complete the appropriate search tool
P: Dementia
I: Home based care
C: Hospital based care
O: Improvement in treatment outcome
P:
E:
O:
What is your PICO/PEO question?
Is home based care is effective for improving the treatment outcome for
dementia patients?
What synonyms could you use for your
PICO/PEO search terms?
P: P:
I: E:
C: O:
O:
Which databases will you use for your search? Google Scholar, CINAHL,
MEDLINE
What filters will you use for your search and why? 2015 to 2020 to get the
latest studies based on the topic.
Database Search
Please write out your first search here:
“dementia” OR “Alzheimer’s”,
Number of results from each
Database (please list separately):

Filters: English, published after 2015 18900
e.g. Medline: 300
Google Scholar 17300
CINAHL= 1300
Total results:
Do you need to refine your search? Yes
Please justify your answer: To reduce
the area of findings
How have you refined your search?
By changing the key words
Write out your next search here (if
necessary):
“key worker”, “home care”, “link
worker”, “home care service” ,“support
worker”
Number of results from each
database:
Google Scholar= 39
CINAHL= 13
Total Results: 52
Do you need to refine your search?
Yes/No
Please justify your answer:
How have you refined your search?
Total Results:
Write out your next search here (if
necessary):
Number of results from each
Database:
Total Results
5 Articles and Analysis
APA reference Article 1: Bölenius, K., Lämås, K., Sandman, P. O., &
Edvardsson, D. (2017). Effects and meanings of a person-centred and health-
promoting intervention in home care services-a study protocol of a non-
randomised controlled trial.
BMC geriatrics,
17(1), 57.
Does this article directly relate to your
PICO/PEO question? Yes
If no – is there a good reason for
including it?
Where does the article fall on the
Evidence Pyramid? 3rd step in the
Who are the authors and what are
their credentials? Bölenius, K.,
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evidence pyramid Lämås, K., Sandman, P. O., &
Edvardsson, D.
Study Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of health-promoting intervention in
aged care home based service for dementia.
Study Population:
In this study 270 older people under the age
group of 65 years or more receiving home care
services, 65 nurses and 270 family care givers
were included
Briefly describe the study method
(20 words max):
Non randomized trial using a
before/after approach. self-reported
questionnaires and interview methods were
used
Results:
The study stated that shared decision making and assistance to the patients suffering from the
dementia is associated with the improved quality of life and better treatment outcome.
How are the results useful to your question?
The study stated about effectiveness of home based care
Can the results be applied to the Australian healthcare context?
Yes
What are the limitations of the research?
Lack of randomization is the primary limitation of the study.
APA reference Article 2:
van Weel, J. M., Renehan, E., Ervin, K. E., & Enticott, J. (2019). Home care
service utilisation by people with dementia—A retrospective cohort study of
community nursing data in Australia.
Health & social care in the
community,
27(3), 665-675.
Does this article directly relate to your
PICO/PEO question? Yes
If no – is there a good reason for
including it?
Where does the article fall on the
Evidence Pyramid? 4th step of the
pyramid
Who are the authors and what are
their credentials?
van Weel, J. M., Renehan, E., Ervin,
K. E., & Enticott
Study Aim: The study aim to address the gaps in using home based care and
its effectiveness among with and without dementia older adults.
Study Population:
In this study 9,224 without dementia and 2,703
with dementia older adults were included as study
sample
Briefly describe the study method
(20 words max):
A descriptive statistics was used to compare
the needs of the older adults with or without
dementia
Results:
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