Healthcare professionals sometimes use the PICO or PICOT format to develop keywords for searching of clinical questions where:
P - Patient or Population
I - Intervention
C - Comparison
O - Outcome
T - Time (sometimes included)
For more information about forming and using a PICO question to search, please see the American Journal of Nursing article below.
Adapted from:
Schmidt, N. A. & Brown, J. M. (2022). Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
