Discussion: Searching Databases
When you decide to purchase a new car, you first decide what is important to you. If mileage and dependability
are the important factors, you will search for data focused more on these factors and less on color options and
sound systems.
The same holds true when searching for research evidence to guide your clinical inquiry and professional
decisions. Developing a formula for an answerable, researchable question that addresses your need will make
the search process much more effective. One such formula is the PICO(T) format.
In this Discussion, you will transform a clinical inquiry into a searchable question in PICO(T) format, so you can
search the electronic databases more effectively and efficiently. You will share this PICO(T) question and
examine strategies you might use to increase the rigor and effectiveness of a database search on your
PICO(T) question.
To Prepare:
• Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.
• Review the materials offering guidance on using databases, performing keyword searches, and developing
PICO(T) questions provided in the Resources.
• Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at
least two different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles
related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select
original research articles.
• Review the Resources for guidance and develop a PICO(T) question of interest to you for further study. It is
suggested that an Intervention-type PICOT question be developed as these seem to work best for this course.
Post a brief description of your clinical issue of interest. This clinical issue will remain the same for the entire
course and will be the basis for the development of your PICOT question. Describe your search results in
terms of the number of articles returned on original research and how this changed as you added search terms
using your Boolean operators. Finally, explain strategies you might make to increase the rigor and
effectiveness of a database search on your PICO(T) question. Be specific and provide examples.
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