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Intervention PICO Process in Occupational Therapy in Australia

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

Expert Solution

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.

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