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PICO Analysis: Depression
Amber N. Tanner
NURS 6540: Advanced Practice Care of Frail Elders
Dr. Petko
April 7, 2019

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Part I: PICO Analysis of Research Topic
Question: What is the effect of depression in elderly patients with chronic diseases living in the community?
P: Patient or Population
I: Anticipated Intervention
C: Comparison group or Current standard
O: Outcome desired
Step 1: Frame your clinical question using the PICO method.
P: Elderly men with chronic diseases
I: Utilize proper assessment tool to diagnose patient and treat
C: none
O: Improve patient’s quality of life
Part II: Search Strategy
Step 1: Identify the resources you will utilize, or utilized, to find articles that pertain to your topic.

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Electronic Databases
Research or Professional
Organizations
Experts in the Field to
Consult
Books, Encyclopedias,
Handbooks
Elsevier
Walden Library
NA
NA
SAGE Journals
Walden Library
NA
NA
Aging and Mental Health
Walden Library
NA
NA
Elsevier
Walden Library
NA
NA
Journal of Krishna Institute of
Medical Sciences University
Wwalden Library
NA
NA
Step 2: Identify search terms and criteria.
Keywords and Phrases
Major Authors
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Elderly men and depression
Joubert, L.; Lee, J.; McKeever, U.;
Holland, L..
depression, community, elderly,
community, chronic disease,
assessment tools
Disabled patients
Elderly men with chronic diseases
and depression
Park, Jong
‐
Il; Park, Tae Won;
Yang, Jong
‐
Chul; Chung, Sang
‐
Keun
depression, community, elderly,
community, chronic disease,
assessment tools
women
Assessing depression in elderly
men
Carrière, I., Gutierrez, L. A.,
Pérès, K., Berr, C., Barberger-
Gateau, P., Ritchie, K., & Ancelin,
M. L.
depression, community, elderly,
community, chronic disease,
assessment tools
Nursing home patients
Elderly Community Depression
Vandana A. Kakrani, Atul V.
Desale, Charchit P. Mehta
depression, community, elderly,
community, chronic disease,
assessment tools
Patients with diagnosed
depression
Elderly Depression Assessment
tool
Gery C.KarantzasTanya
E.DavisonMarita
P.McCabeDavidMellorPaulBeaton
depression, community, elderly,
community, chronic disease,
assessment tools
MMSE since that is to diagnose
dementia more than depression
Step 3: Identify Boolean search strings.
While doing a search for articles and journals, I used several different phrases “elderly+men+depression” or Elderly men WITH chronic disease
AND depression”.

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Part III: Analysis of Literature
Step 1: Summarize the five articles you select from your search efforts in the table below.
Summary Table of Analyzed Articles (you may determine your own headings)
Citation
Concep
tual
Framew
ork/
Theory
Main
Findin
g
Resea
rch
Metho
d
Streng
ths of
Study
Weakne
sses
Leve
l of
Evid
ence
Karantzas, G. C., Davison, T. E., McCabe, M. P., Mellor, D., & Beaton, P.


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