Type 2 diabetes is a disease that has been linked to a decrease in physical activity. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at a significant risk of developing cardiovascular disease and other clinical consequences. Since type 2 diabetes has become increasingly frequent, it is estimated that it will impact 380 million people worldwide by 2025. Over the previous few decades, there have been significant decline in the incidences of stroke and myocardial infarction. Nevertheless, strong and myocardial infarction has continued to be used as the basic outcomes of the main trials of type 2 diabetes.
Activity 3:
Fill the PICO table from the issue or gap identified/found from the literature.
Population (P)
Cardiovascular disease
Intervention (I)
Treatment of Cardiovascular and type 2 disease
Comparison (C)
How type 2 diabetes cause cardiovascular
Outcome (O)
Healing from cardiovascular
Activity 4:
Form your research question based on your PICO
The research question based on the PICO is:
How does Type 2 Diabetes Cause Cardiovascular Diseases in the Asian Communities?
Activity 5:
From your PICO and research question, identify your keywords to be used for searching database.
The key words used to search database include: Type 2 diabetes prevalence”, “cardiovascular disease”, “risk management”, “South Asian ethnicity”,
Activity 6:
Use your keywords to search primary research articles from relevant database and use the tables below for your findings
Record of Search Progress Table
Database
Keywords Used
Total Number of Retrieved Hits
Number of Hits Reduced by Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
Number of Studies Selected for Appraisal
Total Number of Selected Studies for Literature Review
CINHAL
Full text
Subject Headings
Type 2 diabetes prevalence
346
101
85
15
MEDLINE
Full text
Subject Headings
Cardiovascular
254
102
42
15
PubMed
Full text
Subject Headings
Cardiovascular disease
801000
1210
50
15
Academic Search Elite
Full text
Subject Headings
South Asian
Ethnicity
2680
654
63
15
Total:
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Subject Headings
Summary Table for Articles to be used for the critical analysis (3 articles or more)
Author and Year
Journal
Type of Study
Purpose
Sample
Design
Data Collection
Key Findings
English et al (2016)
Diabetes & Primary Care
Cross-sectional studies
Examines the prevalence of the type 2 diabetes in the United Kingdom
12
Quantitative
Observation
There are variations in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in affected individuals
Khunti et al (2016)
Diabet. Med.
Qualitative research
Examines the number of individuals suffering from cardiovascular diseases in Asian communities
24
Qualitative
Statistical data collection
Clinicians need to be very careful not to generalize the outcome of the trials on the patients.
Eastwood et al (2013)
The International Journal for Research in Primary Care
Qualitative
Research study
Examine the risks of cardiovascular diseases in Asian communities
24
Qualitative
Semi-structured interviews
There were positive outcomes on all the patients who suffered from the cardiovascular disease
