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PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy

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1. Define your question using PICO by identifying: Problem, Intervention, Comparison Group and Outcomes.

Your question should be used to help establish your search strategy. Patient/Problem: Adolescent depression Intervention : Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Comparison : Standard therapeutic interventions or waitlist control Outcome : drop in the depressive symptoms and improvement in overall well-being

Write out your question: In adolescents experiencing depression, does cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) compared to standard therapeutic interventions or a waitlist control lead to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms and improvement in overall well-being?

Research Question: Does cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) lead to a substantial reduction in depressive symptoms and improvement in overall well-being in adolescents experiencing depression when compared to traditional therapeutic therapies or a waitlist control?

Alternative Hypothesis (H1): When compared to typical therapeutic therapies or a waitlist control, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) results in a statistically significant reduction in depressive symptoms and an improvement in general well-being in adolescents suffering from depression.

2. Type of question/problem: Circle one: Therapy/Prevention Diagnosis Etiology Prognosis

3. Type of study (Publication Type) to include in the search: Check all that apply:

· Meta-Analysis	· Systematic Review	· Randomized Controlled Trial
· Cohort Study	· Case Control Study	· Case series or Case Report
· Editorials, Letters, Opinions	· Animal Research	· In Vitro/Lab Research

4. List main topics and alternate terms from your PICO question that can be used for your search

Main Terms Alternate Terms

Cognitive-behavioral therapy Mental health outcomes

Standard therapeutic interventions comparative effectiveness

Waitlist Control Adolescent mood disorders

Reduction in depressive symptoms behavioral therapy

Enhancement in overall well-being

Adolescent depression

List your inclusion criteria –gender, age, year of publication, language

List irrelevant terms that you may want to exclude in your search

Gender: non-specific Excluding studies involving adults or children outside the specific age range

Age: adolescent aged 13 to 18 years

Language: English

Year of Publication: no particular restriction.

5. List where you plan to search, i.e. EBM Reviews, Medline, AIDSLINE, CINAHL, PubMed

Medline EBM Reviews

PubMed CINAHL