The Pico Method – University of Warwick

What is the PICO method?

PICO is a method of putting together a search strategy that allows you to take a more evidence based approach to your literature searching when you are searching bibliographic databases like Medline (OVID), PubMed and Embase.

PICO stands for:

Patient/Population Who or What?

Intervention How?

Comparison What is the main alternative? (If appropriate)

Outcome What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve, effect?

A preganant woman with type 2 diabetes is concerned about the effect her current treatment may have on her pregnancy and unborn child.

The GP has heard that insulin pump therapy may be a more succesful treatment than conventional insulin therapy.

However, the GP wants to get his facts right, so searches the literature. The question he wants to answer is: Are insulin pumps more effective than conventional therapies in managing type 2 diabetes in pregnant women?

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The Pico Method - University of Warwick