In evidence-based nursing, PICO formatted questions (sometimes styled PICOT) assist nurses in developing effective and efficient search parameters that produce high quality, specific, and evidence-based results.
PICO(T) stands for:
The following resources explain the PICO process and provide guidance in precise formulation of PICO questions.
A PICO question is used to perform effective and efficient searches of nursing literature to make evidence-based clinical decisions. The following videos provide guidelines on developing a PICO question and using the PICO question to search the CINAHL and MEDLINE databases.
