An Imaginative And Resourceful Technique Of Searching Electronic Databases

An imaginative and resourceful technique of searching electronic databases will be used including recognising the inherent faults in the indexing of articles. Misclassification and misspelling will be included in the searches with searches utilising keywords and the subheadings, (Hicks 1996). Based on these principles, the following search terms will be used in different combinations:

One-to-one midwifery
Evaluation
Low risk women
Medical intervention
Child birth
Further search terms may be used within the methodology if they are identified within some of the initial search items. Whenever one is searching literature 'sensitivity' and ''specificity' are important issues when conducting searches of research on a database. The searches need to be as 'sensitive' as is possible to ensure that as many of the relevant articles are located. This may be a particularly salient issue with regards to the evaluation of behavioural management techniques for children as the number of appropriate entries may be limited. Thus an attempt to locate as many of these articles as possible becomes a more relevant and important objective. Furthermore, the search needs to be 'specific' In other words, it needs to be efficient where appropriate so that a higher number of the articles identified through a database search can be included and hence the time allocated to reviewing articles which are ultimately of no relevance, can be kept at an acceptable level.
3.4 INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA
In order that a manageable quantity of pertinent literature is included in this study, it is essential that inclusion and exclusion criteria are applied. In order that a diverse perspective of the topic is examined broad criteria will be used. (Bannigan 1997). However, it is important to note that a balance needs to be achieved through which the scope of the inclusion criteria is sufficiently wide to include relevant articles whilst also being sufficiently specific such that the retrieval of an unmanageable set of articles is avoided.
3.4.1 INCLUSION CRITERIA
The articles which are highlighted within the proposed searches will be assessed in terms of whether or not they meet the following criteria. Each article will need to be viewed as appropriate with regards to all of these constraints if they are to be included in the final analysis.
A literature review encompassing all methodologies will be applied ( Petticrew 2003)
International studies will be included
Available in English
Relate to low-risk women
Evaluate the use of ONE-to-one midwifery in reducing the need for medical interventions during labour
3.4.2 EXCLUSION CRITERIA
the articles highlighted by the searches will also be assessed in terms of whether or not they fulfil the following exclusion criteria.