Literature Search Strategy for Hospice Care: Assignment

This assignment presents a search strategy developed by a student for hospice care, addressing the experiences of family caregivers. The assignment begins by formulating two PICO questions in a table format, exploring the impact of terminal illness on caregivers and their emotional challenges. It identifies PubMed and CINAHL as relevant databases and then details a comprehensive search strategy for CINAHL, including search limits (publication dates, source types, language), subject headings, keywords, Boolean operators, and inclusion/exclusion criteria. The student outlines the process for screening papers, including duplicate removal and quality appraisal to ensure the reliability and applicability of findings. The goal is to understand caregiver needs and challenges to improve care. This assignment is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib. Desklib is a platform which provides all the necessary AI based study tools for students.