PIOCOT STATEMENT.

PIOCOT STATEMENT.

Discipline:
– Nursing

Type of service:
Research Paper

Spacing:
Single spacing

Paper format:
APA

Number of pages:
1 page

Number of sources:
4 sources

Paper DETAILS :

FORMULATE PICOT STATEMENT ON PAGE ONE WITH INFORMATION GIVEN ON PAGE ONE. ON THE SECOND PAGE WRITE
Conceptual (definitions from book) And Operational Definitions (real life definitions).The textbook used in our class is evidence based practice in nursing and healthcare 3rd edition by melnyk or burns and grove’s the practice of nursing research 8th edition. however any masters research level book is acceptable.

PICOT statement

            The problem in my area of practice is patients undergoing bariatric surgery returning to the hospital with acute clinical depression in a large medical center in less than six months post-surgery. Readmission rates post-bariatric surgery has increased with symptoms of depression occurring in five out of ten patients a year in the large medical center. Internal data within the hospital according to the chief surgeon and manager of the step-down medical unit states that ten out of fifty patients get readmitted.                             Obese patients are at high risk for depression; however, depression is also a predictor of weight gain. Obesity causes an increase in morbidity at a younger age than in those with lower body weight. Additionally, multiple morbidities associated with obesity may contribute to a higher prevalence of depression. The CDC states, “34.6% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over were obese of which 7.2% had depression.” Decreased readmission rates in six months can measure the outcome for the problem statement listed above.

Reference:

CDC. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2010.