pico

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Worksheet A: Write the PICO Question for Your Case

1. (1 POINT) Write the patient problem or question from your case:

2. (3 POINTS) Write three background questions based on the information from your case.

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2)

3)

3. (1 POINT) What is the best type of PICO question for your case?

A. Therapy/Prevention

B. Diagnosis

C. Harm/Etiology/Causation

D. Prognosis

4) (4 POINTS) Identify the Patient or Problem, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome for your case. If you don’t have a therapy/prevention or diagnosis case, identify the elements that are best for your question.

A. Patient or Problem

B. Intervention

C. Comparison

D. Outcome

5. (1 POINT) Using the information in question 4, write out your question in PICO format. Remember that this is a question, so end with a question mark!

YOU WILL USE THIS PICO FOR THE REST OF THE COURSE