Research Instruments

Instruments measure health and mental status. If you have a theme and you need to find a tool to measure it, follow the steps below.

Hint - PQDTG is a good starting point as many papers contain the full text of instruments. However, if you find a tool in the paper, please evaluate its effectiveness and applicability to the project. Please make sure you have a license before using

Procedure If you find the name of the device that you think is feasible, check the comments on the device and confirm that it is suitable for the target device.

When you find the instrument you want to use, look at the quotation and find the original source. You can access the instrument from there. If not, please contact the author / publisher of the copy. Before using it, please make sure you also need permission from the author / publisher. It may cost you

► Research tips: There are many keywords to be considered when looking for research tools. Please try the following method. Evaluation, survey, tool, survey, measurement, test

A research tool is a measurement tool (eg, a questionnaire or scale) for obtaining data on an object of interest from a subject. Records of research tools are investigated and created by CINAHL staff who provide information on research tools, such as instrument purpose, population involved, variables being measured. CINAHL, CINAHL Plus, CINAHL will complete the record of research equipment. Research equipment record - Indicates which research is using specific research tool. This includes measurement purpose / variable, sample size, method, other tools, projects, and problems.

To find articles that use specific instruments, CINAHL includes fields called instruments in the field selection drop down menu. This field displays the name of the survey tool and the abbreviation of the tool used in the survey. The name of the clinical evaluation tool is also displayed in this field, but the device name does not include the subscale, revision number, version number etc .. To search the equipment field, enter the search as follows: IN affects the balance ratio. The most efficient way to search by name is to use a unique term or phrase for the instrument name.

To identify the tool that corresponds to a specific condition or situation, search for the topic of interest, then limit the search to a publishing-type research tool. To view the complete list of devices indexed by CINAHL, enter PT Research Instrument in the search box and click Search. The PT (publication type) contract instructs CINAHL to search "Research Tools" in the publication type field.