The PICO process is a technique used in evidence based practice to frame and answer a clinical or health care related question.[1][2] The PICO framework is also used to develop literature search strategies.[3] The PICO acronym stands for
P - patient, problem or population
I - intervention
C - comparison, control or comparator[4]
O - outcomes
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References
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- ^ Schardt C, Adams MB, Owens T, Keitz S, Fontelo P (2007). "Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions". BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 7: 16. doi:10.1186/1472-6947-7-16. PMC 1904193. PMID 17573961.
- ^ "Chapter 2. Systematic Review Methods -- AHRQ Technical Reviews and Summaries -- NCBI Bookshelf". Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "PICO". Retrieved 2010-05-18.