Posted: April 24th, 2025

Reflection Week 5 NR505NP

 This is my PICOT question:    

Among adult HIV-positive patients (P), how does cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (I) compare to regular psychiatric treatment (C) in reducing depressive symptoms (O) over six months (T)?

Reflection: Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.

Think about the following question related to your review of the literature associated with your PICOT question. You will be revisiting some of these topics in your week 7 presentation.

1. Was it difficult to find evidence related to your selected area of interest?
2. What types of evidence were easiest to find (quantitative, qualitative, reviews, practice guidelines)?
3. How did you find the overall quality of the available evidence?
4. In looking at the available evidence, did you see any gaps in the evidence? What additional research on the topic would you like to see conducted?
5. Based on what you found, does the literature support a practice change?