Literature searching

Question 1

what are the 3 options for locating specific study designs

Answer 1

1) fee test searching assign appropriate terms
2) using controlled PECOS search terms
3) using methodological/ design PECOS search filters.

Question 2

what is the meddling controlled vocabulary thesaurus

Answer 2

MeSH
medical subject headings
(some filters are specific to design type)

Question 3

what filters may you use in meddling to find Study types

Answer 3

publication type

clinical queries

Question 4

what does PECOS stand for and what is it used for

Answer 4

Analysis of previous studies
PATIENT/ PARTICIPANT/ PEOPLE
EXPOSURE/ EVENT/ EXPERIMENTAL INTERVENTION
COMPARISON
OUTCOME
STUDY DESGIN