Systematic Review Related to PICO Question
My PICO question is, In Africa, what is the effect of technology-based diabetes self-management techniques compared with other strategies applied in nursing? To answer this requires PICO question, Level V evidence is necessary for better research outcomes; hence, the systematic review article A Systematic Review of Reviews Evaluating Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. This article reviews evidence that evaluates the efficacy of the intervention of using technology in the management, support, and education of diabetes patients.
I searched for the article on Google Scholar, PubMed, and Chamberlain University Library. The article was present in both PubMed and Google Scholar. The PICO question terms used during the search were diabetes management, technology-based diabetes management, support for diabetes patients, and diabetes patient teaching. The search uses both Boolean connectors such as ‘and’ and ‘or’ and MeSH terms. The Boolean connectors were used to find articles with the relationship between technology and diabetes management, patient teaching, education or support, and diabetes self-management. The MeSH database on PubMed assisted a great deal to arrive at the article about the impact of technology in diabetes management.
The search strategy included several concepts; the combination of search terms, phrase searches, keyword, and subject searches. Boolean connectors were used to combine search terms and keywords to arrive at the desired results of the search. Search streamlining was achieved by using Boolean connectors and MeSH terms, especially on PubMed to find articles or evidence that appropriately responds to the PICO question. The combination of terms strategy was most effective in streamlining the search.