| Term | Definition |
|---|
| background question | foundational questions about a clinical issue, for example: What is cachexia and what is its pathophysiology? answers usually found in textbooks |
| clinical practice guidelines | *represent an effort to distill a body of evidence into a usable form; gives specific recommendations for evidence-based decision making |
| Cochrane Collaboration | international organization that aims to facilitate well-informed decisions about health care by preparing and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions |
| critically appraised topic | quick summary of a clinical question and an appraisal of best evidence that typically begins with a clinical bottom line (ie best-practice recommendation) |
| evidence hierarchy | ranked arrangement of validity and dependability of evidence of causality based on rigor of method that produced it |
| foreground question | those questions that can be answered based on current best research evidence on diagnosing, assessing, or treating patients, or on understanding the meaning, cause, or prognosis of their health problems |
| implementation potential | extent to which innovation is amenable to implementation in new setting, assessment of which is often made in evidence based practice project |
| meta-analysis | technique for quantitatively integrating results of multiple studies addressing same or similar research questions |
| meta-synthesis | grand narratives or interpretive translations produced from integration or comparison of findings from qualitative studies |
| pilot test | small-scale version, or trial run, done in preparation for major study |
| systematic review | rigorous and systematic synthesis of research findings on research question |
| Stetler Model, IOWA Model, Diffusion of Innovations Theory | 3 widely referenced models for evidence-based practice nursing |
| research utilization | use of study findings in practical application unrelated to the original research |
| PICOT | population, intervention, comparison, outcome, time |
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