Scoping Review RQ can be board because the main objective of a Scoping Review is to understand the extent of how much has been written on a specific topic:
What has been addressed (in the research)?
What populations have been studied?
Any progress made in the research? And enough literature to do a systematic review?
Three primary elements of a Scoping Review RQ (not all 3 elements need to be included): Population, Intervention, and Outcome.
Example RQ: What has been written in the literature about Gastroenteric Tube Feeding for advanced Alzheimer's patients?
Steps for Developing a Research Question
The steps for developing a research question, listed below, can help you organize your thoughts.
Step 1: Pick a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).
Step 2: Write a narrower/smaller topic that is related to the first.
Step 3: List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.
Step 4: Pick the question that you are most interested in.
Step 5: Change that question you’re interested in so that it is more focused.