Critical Appraisal Checklist and Worksheet

Define your Question using PICO

P

Describe your patient, population or problem (age, sex, race, past medical history, etc.), the disease, or main topic of your question.

Adolescent between 13 – 18 years old.

I

What intervention or action are you considering - treatment, diagnostic test, etc. Is there a specific issue you’d like to investigate?

Diet and physical activity

M

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y

What research method should be used to compare the intervention group with the comparison (or control) group?

· randomized controlled trial

· cohort study

· case controlled studies

· case reports

· systematic reviews

· meta analysis

· editorials/expert opinions

C

Are you trying to compare or decide between two options - drugs, a drug and no medication or placebo, or two diagnostic tests? (Note: Your clinical question does not always need a specific comparison.)

none

O

What is the outcome you’d like to achieve? What are you trying to do for the patient? Relieve or eliminate the symptoms? Reduce the number of adverse events? Improve function or test scores?

Risk for Obesity