The topic of interest while conducting the search was hypertension. I tried to compare PubMed and Google Scholar. While searching the term “hypertension”, I got 3,390,000 hits on Google scholar and 545,109 hits on PubMed. I narrowed the search to “hypertension in adolescents.” With this search, I got 79,200 hits on Google scholar and 3,2924 hits on PubMed. I used the filters provided on the different platforms to help narrow down my search even further.

After narrowing down, I took an article from PubMed; “Race and Obesity in Adolescent Hypertension.” The study involved in the article aimed at establishing if race/ethnicity influences hypertension among adolescents. The conclusion was that hypertension prevalence tends to vary among different ethnicities/races.

I know that my article choice is credible since it involves a study that was conducted over a period of time. The study uses relevant data that was collected within this period to reach a conclusion and the presence of references that show it is built upon previous research. Between the two databases, I prefer PubMed. It has more filters than Google Scholar, which makes it easier to narrow down the topic to a specific area of interest.

Using a database will facilitate my scholarly work by making it easy for me to obtain credible resources to conduct my research work. This makes it possible to back up claims through evidence. When it comes to nursing work, it will help in expanding my knowledge base by way of gathering data from credible sources. A database will also make it possible to validate information going with the inherent rationale. On personal development, I can use the database to search for information that directly relates to my personal health.

Reference

Cheung, E. L., Bell, C. S., Samuel, J. P., Poffenbarger, T., Redwine, K. M. N., & Samuels, J. A. (2017). Race and Obesity in Adolescent Hypertension. Pediatrics, 139(5), e20161433. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-1433