Question

I am trying to create a PICO question research question. Can you please give me some examples that i can use? At least 3 PICO questions and their research question and what do you want to find out about the issue. Thank you

Answer 1

Framing the Research Question: PICO

Evidence-based models use a process for framing a question, locating, assessing, evaluating, and repeating as needed. PICO (T) elements include: Problem/Patient/Population, Intervention/Indicator, Comparison, Outcome, and (optional) Time element or Type of Study

1) Frame the question: write out your information need in the form of a question, for example:

   Does hand washing among healthcare workers reduce hospital acquired infections?

  The question above includes the PICO elements:

	Example
P (Problem or Patient or Population)	hospital acquired infection
I (intervention/indicator)	hand washing
C (comparison)	no hand washing,other solution,mask
O (outcome of interest)	reduced infection

2) Plan a search strategy by identifying the major elements of your question, and translate natural language terms to subject descriptors, MeSH terms, or descriptors.

natural language	term mapped to database vocabulary
P (Problem/Patient/Population) =hospital acquired infection	cross infection [MeSH] cross infection [CINAHL]
I (intervention/indicator)=hand washing	hand disinfection [MeSH] handwashing [CINAHL]

A simple database search strategy should begin with the P AND I:   

cross infection (Handwashing /Hand disinfection)

Does handwashing among healthcare workers reduce hospital acquired infection?

3) After viewing the initial search results you may decide to narrow your search with terms for the Comparison, Outcome, Time factors or Type of study. Or you may view results, abstracts, and full text of articles to view the comparison and outcome elements. Use database filters, explained in Filtering the Evidence.  

4) Filtering the evidence.