West Coast University Intermittent Fasting PICOT Literature Review
- Develop an evidence-based research question. Construct it using the PICOT question format. Click the infographic below to guide you in this format.
- Conduct and summarize a mini-literature review utilizing the best, most current, evidence-based research relating to your phenomenon of interest. Your review should make use of at least three scholarly resources published within the last five years.
- Your mini-literature review should be cited in APA (7th ed.) style and be at least three pages in length.
- If you can, correlate your research to a problem or scenario that could be encountered in your specific APRN role.
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MY PICOT QUESTION IS: For patients with type 2 diabetes, what is the effect of intermittent fasting, compared to a special diet such as reduced carbohydrate or calorie deficit, on HbA1c over a 3-month period?
Some articles I found: https://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/7/e234223
https://spectrum.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/2…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC53947…
