Levels of Evidence and Clinical Research Methodologies
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Integrated "5s" Levels of Organization of Evidence Pyramid (Haynes, 2006)University of Michigan.
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Levels of Evidence (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2011)From the University of Michigan.
More Help with the EBP Process
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Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice TutorialDeveloped by the Duke University Medical Center and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Includes help with types of studies and appraisal.
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Understanding Research Study DesignsFrom the University of Minnsota Bio-Medical Library.
About Scholarly Articles and Finding Professional Nursing and Healthcare Articles
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What are scholarly articles? How do I find them? How do I read them?Brief tutorials. Includes 5-minute video explaining peer-review.
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How do I find scholarly and/or professional nursing and healthcare articles?CINAHL help: subject searching and limiting search results to articles likely to be written by nurses.
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How do I find scholarly and/or professional medical and healthcare articles?PubMed help: subject searching, other search features, and how to limit to nursing-related research.
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How do I get an overview of research designs and methods?Links to selected eBooks.
Quick Links
These links can also be found in their relevant categories on this page (scroll down to see all categories).
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CRD (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination) DatabasesPublicly accessible web access to ABSTRACTS only the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews as well as from archived (no longer updated) versions of DARE, NHS EED, and HTA. Full text articles are NOT available.
AJN Series: Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step
These persistent links allow Wright State University users to access these articles through WSU's subscription to AJN. Note: If off campus, you will be prompted for your campus w number and password before being taken to the article.
This collection of articles was authored by faculty from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice and published in the American Journal of Nursing (AJN)
JBI's Systematic Reviews Step by Step (published in the American Journal of Nursing)
A series on systematic reviews from the Joanna Briggs Institute, an international collaborative supporting evidence-based practice in nursing, medicine, and allied health fields. The purpose of the series is to show nurses how to conduct a systematic review—one step at a time. Published in AJN.
These persistent links allow Wright State University users to access these articles through WSU's subscription to AJN. Note: If off campus, you will be prompted for your campus w number and password before being taken to the article.
Finding Systematic Reviews in Healthcare
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CRD (Centre for Review and Dissemination) DatabasesPublicly accessible web access to ABSTRACTS only the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews as well as from archived (no longer updated) versions of DARE, NHS EED, and HTA. Full text articles are NOT available.
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Centre for Reviews and DisseminationProvides guidance for developing reliable systematic reviews in healthcare and resources for review methods and evidence synthesis. (The "Guidance" and "Resources" links are recommended).
Clinical Practice Guidelines
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ECRI Guidelines TrustNo charge to use, but registration is required. "This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally- and internationally-recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies." ECRI Institute was formerly the sole contractor for the National Guideline Clearinghouse. Guidelines Trust Inclusion Criteria
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The Monopoly Board of Clinical Guidelines (blog post by Janice L. Kacsmarek, ECRI Guidelines Trust)Explains more about the evaluation process for ECRI Trust Guidelines (posted Mar. 11, 2019).
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AGREE EnterpriseThe Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument and other tools.
Nursing-Specific Resources
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Evidence-Based NursingA journal, but the studies and reviews are summarized in "value-added" abstracts. See the journal's Purpose and Procedure document for more information.
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Sigma Repository (The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library / Repository)"The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository (Henderson Repository) is the only repository solely dedicated to sharing works created by nurses around the world. It is an open digital academic and clinical focused service that freely collects, preserves, and disseminates full-text nursing research, educational, and evidence-based practice materials in a variety of formats and item types. The repository is a resource of Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma)."
Distilled Information Sources
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Evidence Based NursingA journal, but the studies and reviews are summarized in "value-added" abstracts. See the journal's Purpose and Procedure document for more information.
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BMJ Best PracticeBMJ Best Practice is an evidence-based point-of-care resource for healthcare professionals. This decision support tool incorporates the latest research evidence with guidelines and expert opinion to guide decisions on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention of numerous conditions.
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ACP Journal Club ArchivesACP Journal Club, now a monthly feature of Annals of Internal Medicine, summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine gathered from clinical medical journals. The Archives includes content from 1991 through April 2008 when the ACP Journal Club was a stand-alone journal.
Filters/Hedges for Evidence-Based Literature Searching
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PubMedClinical Queries - On the PubMed home page, click "Clinical Queries" under the heading "PubMed Tools".
Biomedicine focused, but includes some nursing and allied health. Covers 1950-present. Includes a clinical queries filter for searching therapy, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and clinical prediction guides (predictive value of tests). Clinical Queries filter is based on Research Methodology filters developed by Haynes RB et al. -
CINAHLClinical Queries appears as one of the search limiters within CINAHL. See the "CINAHL Clinical Queries" link below for more information about how these options work.
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CINAHL Clinical QueriesHelp guide for CINAHL Clinical Queries.
Grey Literature - What if the evidence I need is not published in a commercially available journal?
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CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health) EBP ResourcesProvides a variety of resources that enable you to find, produce, interpret, and implement evidence. These include software applications, search tools, customized Excel spreadsheets, and more.
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Grey Matters: A Practical Search Tool for Evidence Based MedicineCADTH's downloadable search tool to help guide and document grey literature searches.
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Grey literature in meta-analyses of randomized trials of health care interventions. (Cochrane Methodology Review).Hopewell, S., McDonald, S., Clarke, M., , & Egger, M. (2007). Grey literature in meta-analyses of randomized trials of health care interventions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, no. 2, MR000010. doi:10.1002/14651858.MR000010.pub3
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State of the evidence reviews: advantages and challenges of including grey literatureBenzies, K. M., Premji, S., Hayden, K. A., Serrett, K. (2006). State-of-the-evidence reviews: advantages and challenges of including grey literature. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 3(2), 55-61.. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2006.00051.x
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Grey literature in meta-analysesConn, V. S., Valentine, J .C., Cooper, H. M. & Rantz, M. J. (2003). Grey literature in meta-analyses. Nursing Research, 52(4), 256-261. doi:10.1097/00006199-200307000-00008
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Grey Literature in the Health Sciences GuideAdditional resources for finding grey literature.
Other Tools for Evidence Based Practice
Most of these resources are NOT nursing-specific.
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SumSearch 2Web-based search tool for finding medical and health care evidence. From the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA).
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TRIP DatabaseSearch engine that collects results from a number of internet sites (mostly based in UK).
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ClinicalKeySee First Consult within ClinicalKey. First Consult is an evidence-based clinical information source for primary health care providers. Includes tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedure skills review. The differential diagnosis and medical condition files can be accessed on handheld devices via PocketConsult, a separate download available within the database.
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Evidence-Based MedicineLinks to additional Evidence Based Practice resources.
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