Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Time
100
In the acronym PICOT the "P" stands for this.
What is Population
100
In the acronym PICOT the "I" stands for this
What is Intervention?
100
In the acronym PICOT the C stands for this.
What is Comparison?
100
In the acronym PICOT the "O" stands for this
What is Outcome
100
In the acronym PICOT the "T" stands for this.
What is Time?
200
This is the group you are asking the clinical question about.
What is the population?
200
This is the issue you are interested in testing in a clinical question.
What is the intervention?
200
This element of the PICOT question is often the current standard of care that you wish to challenge.
What is the comparison intervention
200
This element of the PICOT question is the thing you expect to be affected as a result of the intervention.
What is the outcome?
200
These two elements of the PICOT question are not always necessary or appropriate to include.
What are a comparison group and a time frame?
300
In the PICOT question: In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days?" this is the "population"
What is patients with heart failure
300
In the PICOT question: In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days" this is the intervention.
What is receiving home health care?
300
In the PICOT question: In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days" this is the comparison intervention
What is receiving no home services?
300
In the PICOT question: In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days" this is the outcome.
What is hospital readmission rates?
300
In the PICOT question: In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days" this is the time frame.
What is within 30 days?
400
These types of questions are broad in scope and are not meant to be answered by PICOT questions.
What are background questions?
400
This type of clinical question often builds on background questions and focuses on specific clinical knowledge
What is a foreground question?
400
In the PICOT question "How do new mothers with triplets perceive their sense of social inclusion during the first three months after the birth?" this element is not present
What is a comparison intervention/group?
400
The key words in a PICOT question can be used as a basis for this.
What is conducting a search for relevant literature?
400
In the PICOT question " In patients presenting to the ED with fever, is lactic acid as opposed to WBC more effective in predicting sepsis?" this element is not present or needed.
What is Time?
500
The question " How do calcium channel blockers affect the SA node?" is an example of this type of clinical question
What is a background question?
500
"Are calcium channel blockers more effective than beta blockers in slowing the heart rate in atrial fibrillation?" is an example of this type of clinical question.
What is a foreground question?
500
When conducting an internet literature search, this symbol can be attached to the stem of a word to search multiple forms of this word ( such as "nurs")
What is "*"
500
When conducting an internet literature search, "and" and "or" are examples of this type of term
What are boolean operators?
500
In the PICOT question: "In patients with heart failure how does receiving home health care as opposed to no home services affect hospital readmission rates within 30 days" these are terms that can be used for a literature search.
What are "heart failure", home health care", and "30 day readmission rate".
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