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Anatomy of a literature search - april 2014
The document provides guidance on how to structure a search strategy to answer a research question by outlining frameworks like PICOC, SPIDER, and PICOT that break down the key elements of a topic into components related to population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes. It walks through applying these frameworks to the sample question "How can stigma of mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education?" and constructing a search strategy using relevant keywords and Boolean operators. Tips are also provided on refining searches and choosing appropriate databases and filters.
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- 1. Anatomy of aliterature search Isla Kuhn Deputy Medical Librarian University of Cambridge Medical Library Polygeia - April 2014
- 2. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education?
- 4. Structure your Strategy– take it back to the bone… • Turn your question into a search strategy • PICOC • Population/ Patient/ Problem • Intervention • Comparison • Outcome • Context
- 5. • SPIDER Sample -Phenomenon of Interest – Design – Evaluation - Research type • SPICE Setting - Perspective - Intervention - Comparison – Evaluation • PICOT Patient/Problem/Population – Intervention – Comparison - Outcome – Time • PICO Patient/Problem/Population – Intervention – Comparison - Outcome
- 6. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education? • P – mental illness • I – education • C – n/a • O – stigma • C - developing countries
- 8. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education? • P – mental illness • I – education • C – n/a • O – stigma • C - developing countries Put some meat on the bones……
- 9. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education? • mental illness / mental health / depression • education / information / teaching • stigma / prejudice / awareness / understanding • developing countries/ low and middle income countries / lmic / least developed countries/ third world countries/ third world nations / under developed countries
- 11. Connect it allup properly • AND • OR • NOT
- 12. Connect it allup properly
- 13. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education? • developing countries/ low and middle income countries / lmic / least developed countries/ third world countries/ third world nations / under developed countries • mental illness / mental health / depression • education / information / teaching • stigma / prejudice / awareness / understanding
- 14. How can stigmaof mental illness in developing countries be impacted by education? • low and middle income countries OR lmic OR developing countries OR least developed countries AND • mental illness OR mental health OR depression AND • education OR information OR teaching AND • stigma OR prejudice OR awareness OR understanding
- 15. #1 low andmiddle income countries #2 lmic #3 developing countries #4 least developed countries #5 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 #6 mental illness #7 mental health #8 depression #9 #6 OR #7 OR #8 #10 information #11 education #12 teaching #13 #10 OR #11 OR #12 #14 stigma #15 prejudice #16 awareness #17 understanding #18 #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 #19 ?????
- 18. Different database, differentresults ?? skeleton + muscle ligaments + skin
- 19. http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/ resources-training-support/databases/ • Medline http://tinyurl.com/campubmed • Embase http://tinyurl.com/embase •PsycINFO http://tinyurl.com/campyscinfo • Cochrane http://www.thecochranelibrary.com • Web of Science http://wok.mimas.ac.uk • Scopus http://www.scopus.com • LILACS http://lilacs.bvsalud.org/en/ • ScIELO Access via Web of Science • Trials registers http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/ • Grey Literature Google site:? filetype:?
- 21. Trim down abit …. (efficiency / effectiveness or specificity/sensitivity) • Subject Headings (MeSH) • Filters (to find the right methodologies) • Years of publication • Age of population • Inclusion / Exclusion criteria (you can’t/shouldn’t ready everything)
- 22. Help Isla Kuhn Deputy MedicalLibrarian University of Cambridge Medical Library • ilk21@cam.ac.uk • @ilk21 • (01223) 336750 • http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk