Break the question down
If my question is: How has the Covid19 pandemic affected the mental health of senior citizens in the US?
I will use the ProPheT method of breaking this question apart
- Problem - Senior citizens in the US
- Phenomenon of interest - Mental health
- Time - During the Covid 19 pandemic
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Determining inclusion/exclusion criteria:
- Senior citizens in the US
- Inclusion
- Adults 65 and over
- Do you want an upper age limit?
- In the US
- Do you want just the 50 states?
- Should you include territories?
- Exclusion
- Adults under 65
- Outside of the US
- Mental health
- Inclusion
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Loneliness
- Exclusion
- Physical health
- Articles that do not break out specific mental health topics
- Covid 19 pandemic
- Inclusion
- Articles starting in December, 2019
- Must mention Covid 19
- Exclusion
- Articles prior to December 2019
- Articles related to other outbreaks
- General
- Inclusion
- English Language
- Other Languages?
- Exclusion
- Commentaries or Editorials
- Protocols
