Description
Template for Asking PICOT Questions
INTERVENTION
In ____________________(P), how does ____________________ (I) compared to ____________________(C) affect _____________________(O) within ___________(T)?
ETIOLOGY
Are____________________ (P), who have ____________________ (I) compared with those without ____________________(C) at ____________ risk for/of ____________________(O) over ________________(T)?
DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST
In ___________________(P) are/is ____________________(I) compared with _______________________(C) more accurate in diagnosing _________________(O)?
PROGNOSIS/PREDICTION
In ______________ (P), how does ___________________ (I) compared to _____________(C) influence __________________ (O) over _______________ (T)?
MEANING
How do _______________________ (P) with _______________________ (I) perceive _______________________ (O) during ________________(T)?
Short Definitions of Different Types of Questions:
Intervention: Questions addressing the treatment of an illness or disability.
Etiology: Questions addressing the causes or origins of disease (i.e., factors that produce or predispose toward a certain disease or disorder).
Diagnosis: Questions addressing the act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation.
Prognosis/Prediction: Questions addressing the prediction of the course of a disease.
Meaning: Questions addressing how one experiences a phenomenon.
Sample Questions:
Intervention: In African-American female adolescents with hepatitis B (P), how does acetaminophen (I) compared to ibuprofen (C) affect liver function (O)?
Etiology: The question could read: Are 30- to 50-year-old women (P) who have high blood pressure (I) compared with those without high blood pressure (C) at increased risk for an acute myocardial infarction (O) during the first year after hysterectomy (T)?
Diagnosis: In middle-aged males with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12-lead ECGs (I) compared to one initial 12-lead ECG (C) more accurate in diagnosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?
Prognosis/Prediction: 1) For patients 65 years and older (P), how does the use of an influenza vaccine (I) compared to not received the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during flu season (T)?
2) In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does being a smoker (I) compared to a non-smoker (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?
Meaning: How do 20-something males (P) with a diagnosis of below the waist paralysis (I) perceive their interactions with their romantic significant others (O) during the first year after their diagnosis (T)?
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Your Title Here
Your Name (without credentials)
School name
Course Number: Course Name
Name of Instructor
Assignment Due Date
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Title of Your Paper in Upper and Lower Case (Centered, Bold)
This Template is a guide, please refer to your rubric for all criteria, and feel free to adjust the
headings names. This is just an example of how to structure your paper using headings with
some content from the rubric.
Type your introduction here. Although the first paragraph after the paper title is the
introduction, no heading labeled “Introduction” is used. This is a great place to utilize a scholarly
resource, to emphasize why the topic is important.
Clinical Question
This section will discuss your Clinical Question. Be sure to talk about these following rubric
criteria below.
1.
Describe the problem. What is the focus of your group’s work?
2.
Explain the significance of the problem in terms of patient outcomes. What health outcomes
result from your problem? Or what statistics document this is a problem? You may find
support on websites for government or professional organizations.
3.
PICOT question in support of the group topic.
4.
State the purpose of your paper. What will your paper do or describe? This is similar.
to a problem statement. “The purpose of this paper is to . . .”
Levels of Evidence
In this section discuss your Clinical Question and the Evidence that would be used to answer
this. Be sure to talk about these following rubric criteria below.
1.
Identify the type of question being asked (therapy, prognosis, meaning, etc.).
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2.
What is the best type of evidence to answer that question (e.g., RCT, cohort study,
qualitative study, etc.)?
Search Strategy
In this section you will discuss how you found two relevant articles to support your
discussion on your group’s clinical question. These articles should be from a peer reviewed
journal, discussing a research study. You do not need to discuss the articles; this will come in
later assignments. This is a discussion on your search strategy. Be sure to talk about these
following rubric criteria below.
1.
List search terms and results.
2.
Databases used (start with the CU library). Link your search with the PICOT question
described above.
3.
Refinement decisions. As you did your search, what decisions did you make in refinement to
get your required articles down to a reasonable number for review? Were any limits used? If
so, what?
Relevant Articles
4.
Identification of two (2) most relevant articles (primary sources published within the last 5
years).
Conclusion
Papers should end with a conclusion or summary. It should be concise and contain no
new information. No matter how much space remains on the page, the references always start on
a separate page (insert a page break after the conclusion so that the references will start on a new
page).
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References (centered, bold)
Type your reference here using hanging indent and double line spacing (under “Paragraph” on
the Home toolbar ribbon). Refrences in alphabetical order. See your APA Manual and
the resources in the APA section of Resources for reference formatting.
Journal Citation Example:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume
number (issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Website Example:
Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
Format for Books:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher
Name. DOI (if available)
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