PICO Question: Active Duty Soldiers and Sleep Disorders
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My proposed clinical question is: Do active duty soldiers receiving sleep hygiene screening and follow resources from nurses in military primary care clinics experience improved sleep quality and duration?
What I envision is that during the intake for a primary care appointment the nurse ask the patient about the duration and quality of their sleep. If it is less than 6 hours and non-continuous then they are referred to a sleep class and provided resources to make improvements.
Whether it is due to a sleep disorder or erratic sleep schedule, being excessively sleepy can affect not only how you feel and function but also your overall health and safety.
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Active duty soldiers and sleep disorders are examined for PICO. Whether sleep disorders or erratic sleep schedules can affect functions and your overall health and safety.
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The PICO Question can be broken down into the following components:
P: Patient or Problem
I: Intervention
C: Comparison
O: Outcome
For the P, you should not just talk about the patient, but also discuss their problem (i.e.. poor quality and duration of sleep). So, the P may be "Active duty soldiers with poor quality and duration of sleep at the initial primary care ...
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