The PICO strategy for the research question construction and evidence search.

By Cristina Mamédio da Costa Santos, Cibele Andrucioli De Mattos Pimenta, M. R. Nobre. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2007

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Evidence based practice is the use of the best scientific evidence to support the clinical decision making. The identification of the best evidence requires the construction of an appropriate research question and review of the literature. This article describes the use of the PICO strategy for the construction of the research question and bibliographical search.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Statistics and Probability

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• The Informal Sector and Economic Growth of South Africa and Nigeria: A Comparative Systematic Review (2020, background): “According to [18,43], the research questions must be formulated to convey an intervention (I), participants (P) or outcome (O); or in the view of [46], a RQ should use the PICOTS (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Timing, Setting) framework, registering the protocol with PROSPERO for in”