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PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy Name___________________

2001 Syrene A. Miller, PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy National Center for Dental Hygiene Research

1. Define your question using PICO by identifying: Problem, Intervention, Comparison Group and Outcomes.

Your question should be used to help establish your search strategy.

Patient/Problem________________________________

Intervention___________________________________

Comparison___________________________________

Outcome______________________________________ Write out your question:_______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

2. Type of question/problem: Circle one: Therapy/Prevention Diagnosis Etiology Prognosis

3. Type of study (Publication Type) to include in the search: Check all that apply:

q Meta-Analysis q Systematic Review q Randomized Controlled Trial q Cohort Study q Case Control Study q Case series or Case Report q Editorials, Letters, Opinions q Animal Research q In Vitro/Lab Research

4. List main topics and alternate terms from your PICO question that can be used for your search

List your inclusion criteria –gender, age, year of publication, language

List irrelevant terms that you may want to exclude in your search

5. List where you plan to search, i.e. EBM Reviews, Medline, AIDSLINE, CINAHL, PubMed