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
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