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Research question following the PICO Model:
The PICO model (P: population, I: intervention, C: comparison, O: Outcomes) was used to define the search question of the review (10):
– P: Studies experimenting on vulnerable populations
– I: Literature review
– C: None
– O: Definition of vulnerability and factors of vulnerability.
– Research question: In 2018, what is the definition of the concept of vulnerability in the medical literature?
Protocol and registration
No literature review protocol was completed for this study. All bibliographic references and search equations are available in the Appendix 4.
Eligibility Criteria
To be included, articles should respect the following criteria:
– Population: focus on human populations.
– Type of studies: meta-analyzes, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials.
– Topic: the concept of vulnerability and vulnerable populations.
– Structure: IMRAD structure.
– Language: articles in English and French.
– Date of publication: Origins of the databases to January 2018.
Information sources
A systematic review of the scientific literature was conducted on MEDLINE databases, Pubmed, the Cochrane library, Google Scholar according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses (Prisma) methodology (11). One researcher drived the literature review with the help of a research group composed of 3 senior researchers.
Study selection
The selection of articles was organized in 4 phases: identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion. During the screening phase, articles were selected after reading their title and abstract. 15 articles were selected. During the eligibility phase, an evaluation of the bibliographic references of the 15 articles selected previously was carried out. The bibliographic references were selected on their titles and their summary, according to the same criteria of inclusion and exclusion. A full reading was subsequently performed for the 28 articles included in the literature review. Studies were excluded according to the following criteria:
– Population: focus on specific populations (as AIDS populations, geriatric populations, pediatric populations).
– Type of studies: no meta-analyzes, no systematic reviews, no randomized controlled trials.
– Topic: Not addressing the concept of vulnerability or vulnerable populations.
– Structure: no fulfilment of the IMRAD structure.
– Language: no English or French.
– Unavailable on the ENT of the Brest faculty of Medicine, of the UBODOC website.
– Outcomes: No definition of vulnerable populations or vulnerability.
Table of contents :
FOREWORD
ABBREVATIONS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 METHOD
2.1 RESEARCH QUESTION FOLLOWING THE PICO MODEL:
2.2 PROTOCOL AND REGISTRATION
2.3 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
2.4 INFORMATION SOURCES
2.5 SEARCH STRATEGY WITH RESEARCH EQUATIONS
2.6 STUDY SELECTION
2.7 SUMMARY MEASURES
3 RESULTS
3.1 STUDY SELECTION
3.2 STUDY CHARACTERISTICS
3.3 DATA EXTRACTION
3.4 ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
3.5 MAIN AUTHORS DEFINITIONS
4 DISCUSSION
4.1 LIMITS AND BIASES:
4.2 STRENGHS OF THE STUDY :
4.3 DISCUSSION OF THE LITERATURE
4.4 PROPECTS FOR RESEARCH, TEACHING AND PRACTICE:
5 CONCLUSION
6 APPENDIX
6.1 APPENDIX 1: CALCULATION METHOD SIMILARITY RATE ON OUTILS-SEO.COM
6.2 APPENDIX 2: LIMITATION OF INCLUDED STUDIES.
6.3 APPENDIX 3 : SPICES PROJECT : SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS WORK PACKAGE.
6.4 APPENDIX 4: LINK TO ANNEX DOCUMENTS
7 BIBLIOGRAPHY
