Nursing Research

Topics

Addiction

Adherence

Alarm safety

Comfort

Delirium

Depression

Diabetes management

Discharge teaching

Falls

Functional ability

Health and wellbeing of nurses

Hospital readmission rates

Infection control

Mobility

Pain

Prenatal teaching

Prevention of post operative complications

Prevention of pressure ulcers

Sleep disturbances

Stress

Directions

Take one of the above topics and form a PICO(T) question with it. Fill in your topic and PICO(T) question in the spaces provided below. After you have completed this worksheet, submit it in Canvas by Saturday of week 1. If there are problems with your question, you will receive feedback. You have until Saturday of week 2 to correct it, but there will be a 5% deduction for each day after the Saturday of week 1.

First, identify each element of your PICO on the line below, then take a look at the templates below to help you formulate a PICO(T) question.

P: Population/disease (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, with a certain disorder)

P: Older adults having Type II diabetes _______________________________________________________________

I: Intervention or Variable of Interest (exposure to a disease, risk behavior, prognostic factor) Note: Not every question will have an intervention (as in a meaning question – see below).

I: Practicing healthy diet and lifestyle changes _______________________________________________________________

C: Comparison: (could be a placebo or “business as usual” as in no disease, absence of risk factor). Note: This is not used in a meaning question – see below.

C: Older adults who do not practice healthy diet and lifestyle changes

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O: Outcome: (risk of disease, accuracy of a diagnosis, rate of occurrence of adverse outcome)

O: lower glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level _______________________________________________________________

T: Time: The time it takes to demonstrate an outcome (e.g. the time it takes for the intervention to achieve an outcome or how long participants are observed). This is an optional “add-on” for a PICO question.

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For PICO questions about a nursing intervention/therapy: level

In older adults having Type II diabetes (P), what is the effect of practicing healthy diet and lifestyle changes (I) on lowering glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) compared with older adults who do not practice healthy diet and lifestyle changes (C) within N/A (T)?

For PICO etiology questions:

Are older adults having Type II diabetes (P) who have practiced healthy diet and lifestyle changes (I) at decreased (increased/decreased) risk for/of higher glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) compared (P) with older adults who do not practice healthy diet and lifestyle changes (C) over N/A (T)?

For PICO questions involving prevention:

For older adults having Type II diabetes (P) does the use of practicing healthy diet and lifestyle changes (I) reduce the future risk of increasing glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) compared with older adults who do not practice healthy diet and lifestyle changes (C)?

For PICO questions that predict:

Does practicing healthy diet and lifestyle changes (I) influence lowering glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) in patients who have Type II diabetes (P) over N/A (T)?

For PICO questions that want to know more about the meaning of…..

How do older adults (P) diagnosed with type II diabetes (I) perceive lower glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) during N/A (T)?

Write your topic and final PICO(T) question below:

My topic: Diabetes Management

My PICO(T) question: Are older adults having type II diabetes (P) who have practiced healthy diet and lifestyle changes (I) at decreased risk for higher glycated hemoglobin and blood sugar level (O) compared with (P) older adults who do not practice healthy diet and lifestyle changes?