PICO WORKSHEET AND SEARCH STRATEGY. PROTOCOL. 1. Develop your
search strategy using the PICO concept by identifying: Problem, Intervention,.
PICO WORKSHEET AND SEARCH STRATEGY PROTOCOL 1. Develop your search strategy using the PICO concept by identifying: Problem, Intervention, Comparison Group and Outcomes. Patient/Problem ___________________________________________________ Intervention ___________________________________________________ Comparison ___________________________________________________ Outcome ___________________________________________________ Write out your question: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Check any limit/s that may pertain to your search: Age ____________ Language ____________ Year of publication_____________ Other ___________________________________ 3. Type of study/publication you want to include in your search: Systematic Review or Meta‐Analysis Clinical Practice Guidelines Randomized Controlled Trial Individual Research Studies/Articles Electronic Textbooks 4. List the main concepts and alternative terms from your question that you can use to search: _____________________ ______________________ ___________________
_____________________ ______________________ ___________________ _____________________ ______________________ ___________________ 5. Use Boolean operators to combine your terms: Use OR to broaden your search Use AND to narrow your search Use NOT to exclude terms Write out your search strategy: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. Note the databases you will search: _____________________ ______________________ ___________________ _____________________ ______________________ ___________________ _____________________ ______________________ ___________________ 7. State your inclusion/exclusion criteria It is recommended that you read this article: Selecting Studies for Systematic Review: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 8. Explain how you will assess methodological quality of the studies ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________ 9. State how you will extract the data, and outline the headings you will use in your data extraction sheet. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. How will you determine the level of evidence of the studies? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 11. How will you synthesise and analyse the data. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ This form is adapted from Syrene A. Miller, PICO Worksheet and Search Strategy, National Center for Dental Hygiene Research It is recommended that you read the article below: Selecting Studies for Systematic Review: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria