PICO(T) is a case scenario model used mainly by health practitioners as a way to articulate a clinical question in four parts - Problem/Population/Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO). It sometimes includes a fifth element: Time, turning the acronym into PICOT.
PICO(T) enables practitioners and students to focus their research and look for a specific answer in the published literature.
How to find evidence to answer my PICO(T) question?
To search for peer reviewed articles that help to answer a PICO(T) question, use the same strategies you would to look for any article: identify your key words and search Library Search or a specific database.
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