Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome (PICO)
PICO: A mnemonic device to help formulate a clinical question and search strategy by identifying key concepts.
P | Patient/Population/Problem | Describe your patient or the problem – be specific |
I | Intervention/Indicator | Treatment, cause, prognostic factor, etc. |
C | Comparison/Control | Compared to another treatment or standard of care (optional) |
O | Outcome | Improvement or negative effects? |