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PICO & Search Strategy Worksheet: Name: Macayla Greiner
PICO & Search Strategy Worksheet: Name: Macayla Greiner
Intervention: What main intervention, treatment, - The use of oral contraceptives and its effects on ACL
prognostic factor, exposure, etc. am I considering?
tears.
Comparison (If appropriate): What is the - Compared to individuals that do not use oral
alternative treatment (intervention, prognostic factor,
exposure, no treatment, etc.)? contraceptives (control group).
Outcome: What are you trying to accomplish, - Attempting to find a possible protective mechanism in
improve, or affect? Remember you must be able to
measure an outcome. ACL tears for young females that reduces risk and
incidence of ACL tears (partial or complete).
-RCT: The next best type of evidence to answer this question would
be a single RCT. This will provide me with a good comparison of
individuals taking oral contraceptives to those that are not and the
difference in incidence of ACL injuries between the two groups.
Additionally, I will be able to look specifically at a population that
coincides with my particular question. Again, however, I do not
anticipate finding this type of evidence due to ethical issues.
-Meta Analysis of cohort: A meta-analysis of cohort studies would
be my next best option because it will provide me with information in
pool data of a population similar to my specific question. This type of
evidence will provide me with information on comparison of
individuals that use oral contraceptives to those that do not and the
ACL injury rates. I also believe this type of evidence will be fairly
readily available in my search and I will be able to find this type
easily, in contrast to the previous two types of evidence.
c. What are your key inclusion criteria (sex, age, species, years . . .)?
Human
Young Adult
Female
Athlete
Last 5 years
Elder individuals
Pre-Puberty Individuals
e. Where will you search (EBM Reviews, PEDro, CINAHL, etc.), which
will be your first choice, and why? If this does not work, where next?
b. List the article in correct AMA format using AMA Stat! or the AMA
manual as your guide and using the correct journal title abbreviations.
Defroda SF, Bokshan SL, Worobey S, Ready L, Daniels AH, Owens BD. Oral contraceptives
provide protection against anterior cruciate ligament tears: a national database study of 165,748
female patients. Phys Sportsmed. 2019;1-5. doi:10.1080/00913847.2019.1600334.
PICO & SEARCH STRATEGY ASSESSMENT
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3. Selection of Article (15 points) __________________
a. Description of search results and selection process
b. Article selection
c. Article in correct AMA format
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