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PICO(T)

PICO is a framework used to model effective clinical questions.

Populuation:   Elderly

Intervention:   Tai Chi

Comparison:   No Tai Chi

Outcome:        Reduced falls

PICO is known as PICOT  when of one of these optional elements is added.

Timeframe or Type of Study

🔗 To learn more, visit Using PICO to Frame Clinical Questions by the National Library of Medicine. This page includes descriptions, scenarios, and practice exercises.

 

Watch this brief video to learn how to use PICO to develop effective research questions.

Nursing Research: Formulating Your Question Using PICO by Carrie Price at Towson University licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/.

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This page was was adapted from "PICO" from the Nursing: Evidence Based Practice Resources by University of Victoria Libraries under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License and "PICO(T)" by Montana State University Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical 4.0 United States License.