LibGuides: Optometry Library: Evidence-Based Resources

What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?

Evidence Based Practice (EBP): "the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values."

(Sackett, David L., et al., Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000. p. 1)

Finding Evidence in PubMed Provides details for finding evidence-based literature in PubMed. Harvey Cushing/ John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University

Optometry-Specific EBP Resources

Evidence-Based Practice: An Integrative Approach
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2017

Recommended Evidence-Based Resources

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Reviews and reports covering child health, genetic disorders, infectious diseases, mental health, public health, and more. Includes clinical answers, protocols, and trials.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Overviews, recommendations, and articles covering evidence-based medical research and drug information.
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database This link opens in a new window
Reviews, reports, and other materials covering evidence-based healthcare in cancer care, diagnostic imaging, infection control, pediatrics, and more.
PEDro This link opens in a new window
Randomized trials, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines to support the practice of evidence-based physiotherapy.
PROSPERO This link opens in a new window
Prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care, welfare, public health, education, crime, justice, and international development, where there is a health related outcome.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Resource for finding journals, books, and other literature covering biomedicine and health, including portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, bioengineering, and more.
Trip Medical Database This link opens in a new window
Resource for finding information to support clinical practice/care. Covering systematic reviews, guidelines, primary research, and more.

Other Evidence-Based Resources

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from AHRQ. Not updated after Mar. 2018.

Hierarchy of Evidence

Source: Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM.

What is PICO?

Framework for defining clinical or health-related questions to be answered:

P - Patient or Population
I - Intervention or Indicator
C - Comparison or Control
O - Outcome(s)

Additional PICO Resources:

Framing Evidence with PICO Tutorial
PICO & Search Query Worksheet
PICO for HandHelds NLM's PICO Search Engine

EBP Protocol Resources

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
Writing a Campbell systematic review •The Campbell Collaboration promotes positive social and economic change through the production and use of systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis for evidence-based policy and practice.
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.
PRISMA Statement The PRISMA Statement consists of a 27-item checklist and a four-phase flow diagram. The aim of the PRISMA Statement is to help authors improve the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
A MeaSurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) Goals of AMSTAR 1.To create valid, reliable and useable instruments that would help users differentiate between systematic reviews, focusing on their methodological quality and expert consensus. 2.To facilitate the development of high-quality reviews.
PICO for HandHelds NLM's PICO Search Engine
Finding Evidence in PubMed Provides details for finding evidence-based literature in PubMed (Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University)
PICO & Search Query Worksheet

Types of Reviews

Typology of Reviews
Table of review types and associated methodologies.