PICO Worksheet
1.Define your question using PICO: Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome.
Population: Sam
Intervention: occupational therapy
Comparison: regular treatment
Outcome: better performance
2. Write out your question: In Sam’s condition, what is the effects of occupational therapy compared to regular treatment in improving his performance.
3. List the main concepts and alternative terms from your question that you can use to search.
Occupational therapy
4. Check any limit that may pertain to your search:
5
-Age English- Language 2020- Year of publication both- Gender 5.
5. Type of study/publication you want to include in your search
__ Systematic Review _0_ Case control study __ Clinical Practice
Evidence Guidelines __ RCTs (Randomized
Controlled Trials) __ Case series or Case
report __ Editorials, Letters,
Opinions __ In vitro/Lab research
|
__ Individual Research
Studies _0_ Electronic Textbooks __ Reference texts __ Meta-Analysis __ Cohort study __ Animal studies __ Grey literature |
6. Note the databases you searched:
Cochrane Library CINAHL Complete
EBSCO PubMed
7. What information did you find to help answer your question?The key word for guiding the question is occupational therapy and treatment
8. Identify the primary purpose of the interventions identified through the search.
Intervention Type |
Intervention/ Enabling Strategy |
Compensatory factor |
It fills the gap between
misinformation and the availability of evidence. |
Education focused factor |
It helps in gaining more
information on the subject |
Skills development factor |
Allows gaining more skills
on how to manage the condition |
Body function/ person
factor |
This strategy is necessary
for implementation of the intervention method on a patient |
This form is adapted from: Syrene A. Miller, PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy, National Center for Dental Hygiene Research
1.Define your question using
PICO: Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome.
Population: 5 year old suffering from skeletal dysplasia
Intervention: growth hormone therapy
Comparison: medication
Outcome: better performance
2. Write out your question: In a 5 year old suffering from skeletal dysplasia, what is the effect of growth hormone therapy compared to medication in improving his performance.