Evidence Based Health Research And Practice

Question:

Assessment three builds on your work in the themed discussion boards. For this assessment, you will be evaluating four recent journal articles related to your clinical question. Clinical question is

“In hospitalised outpatients with health failure who also have depression and anxiety, is CBT compared to usual care better and effective in reducing depression and anxiety? And PICO form of this question is,

P – Patients with depression and anxiety due to heart failure.

I – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

C – Usual self-care

O – Reducing the risk of depression and anxiety related to heart failure.”

You will do this by summarising and evaluating the articles in an annotated bibliography. An example of an annotated bibliography and a conclusion has been provided.

Assessment three is divided into three sections to guide your critique of the literature

Assignment three is broken into three sections to guide your evaluation of the literature. Please complete the following:

1.      Introduction/Background

• Summarise the clinical problem (In hospitalised outpatients with health failure who also have depression and anxiety, is CBT compared to usual care better and effective in reducing depression and anxiety?)  you identified in the discussion board post and explain why this is an important healthcare issue

2.      Annotated Bibliography

• Write an annotated bibliography for each of the four articles. In your annotated bibliography, you will need to address the following elements:
• APA 7^th reference
• Was the article qualitative or quantitative?
• What was the aim of the research?
• What was the main argument of the study?
• What methodology has been used (how was the study conducted)
• What were the results of the study and do they answer the study question/aim?
• What are the strengths and limitations of the study?
• Overall statement on applicability of research to clinical practice

Conclusion

• Conclude the assignment by bringing together (or Synthesizing) your evaluations and observations of the individual research articles in order to give the reader an overview of how the four articles address your clinical question. To conclude your assignment, decide whether the articles answer your question.