- Title: Clearly indicate the type of review in the title, specifying that it is a scoping review.
- Abstract: Include a structured abstract summarizing the background, objectives, eligibility criteria, sources of evidence, charting methods, results, and conclusions.
- Methods:
- Add eligibility criteria with a rationale for the sources included.
- Detail information sources and the search strategy for at least three databases.
- Include the selection process for sources and list the data items collected.
- If critical appraisal was performed, provide the rationale and methods used.
- Results:
- Include the number of sources screened and assessed for eligibility, ideally with a PRISMA diagram.
- Present the characteristics of each source and chart the results in a clear format.
- Discussion:
- Summarize the main findings, including themes and evidence linked to the objectives.
- Discuss any limitations of the review process.
- Provide a conclusion with potential implications for practice or policy.
- Evidence Table Matrices:
- Ensure matrices are complete and organized, including all required columns (source, study design, population, intervention, outcomes, and key findings).
- Faculty Feedback:
- Review prior feedback and demonstrate revisions based on those comments.
This assignment requires you to identify, retrieve, summarize, and synthesize relevant literature focused on your PICO clinical question or project purpose. The findings from this literature review will be utilized by student to develop the DNP Project. Organize the document with headings, subheadings, and tables to display and organize your findings effectively. Use the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Checklist to guide your review.
Research Articles to Include:
- Primary Research Studies
- Systematic Reviews
- Meta-Analyses
Additional Documents:
- Public health documents
- Professional organizational statements
Assignment Structure:
The literature review should be organized into the following sections according to the PRISMA Checklist:
PRISMA 2020 Checklist Item Reported on Page
- Title
- Title: Identify the report as an scoping review.
- Introduction
- Rationale: Describe the rationale for the review in the context of what is already known. Explain why the review questions/objectives lend themselves to a scoping review approach.ir
- Objectives: Provide an explicit statement of the questions and objectives being addressed with reference to their key elements (e.g., population or participants, concepts, and context) or other relevant key elements used to conceptualize the review questions and/or objectives.
- Methods
- Eligibility criteria: Specify characteristics of the sources of evidence used as eligibility criteria (e.g., years considered, language, and publication status), and provide a rationale.
- Information sources: Describe all information sources in the search (e.g., databases with dates of coverage and contact with authors to identify additional sources), as well as the date the most recent search was executed.
- Search Present the full electronic search strategy for at least three databases, including any limits used, such that it could be repeated.
- Selection of sources of evidence: State the process for selecting sources of evidence (i.e., screening and eligibility) included in the scoping review.
- Data items: List and define all variables for which data were sought and any assumptions and simplifications made.
- Critical appraisal of individual sources of evidence: If done, provide a rationale for conducting a critical appraisal of included sources of evidence; describe the methods used and how this information was used in any data synthesis (if appropriate).
- Synthesis of results: Describe the methods of handling and summarizing the data that were charted.
- Results
- Selection of sources of evidence: Give numbers of sources of evidence screened, assessed for eligibility, and included in the review, with reasons for exclusions at each stage, ideally using a flow diagram.
- Characteristics of sources of evidence: For each source of evidence, present characteristics for which data were charted and provide the citations.
- Critical appraisal within sources of evidence: If done, present data on the critical appraisal of included sources of evidence.
- Results of individual sources of evidence: For each included source, present the relevant data charted that relates to the review questions and objectives (tables).
- Synthesis of results: Summarize and/or present the charting results as they relate to the review questions and objectives.
- Discussion
- Summary of evidence 19. Summarize the main results (including an overview of concepts, themes, and types of evidence available), link to the review questions and objectives, and consider the relevance to key groups.
- Limitations Discuss the limitations of the scoping review process.
- Conclusions Provide a general interpretation of the results with respect to the review questions and objectives, as well as potential implications and/or next steps.
- References
- Compile a list of relevant literature that you have retrieved, summarized, and synthesized, formatted in APA style.
- Tables
Example Table of Evidence:
Table 1 summary of primary research studies and summary of systemic reviews and meta-analyses
APA FORMAT