PICO

Last modified: 21 May 2022, 11:34:41 AM AEST
Gems1 / 3
  • Used to
    • facilitate a literature search in EBM
      • a "search strategy tool"
    • frame and answer a clinical question
    • to find a precise answer
    • develop a review question in systematic reviews (eg. Cochrane)
Structure2 / 3
  • P = Patient
    • Sample population
  • I = Intervention
    • Treatment
  • C = Comparator
    • Control
  • O = Outcome
    • Outcome measures
    • Primary / secondary
References3 / 3

https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599346&p=4149722

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICO_process