pico worksheet and search strategy protocol

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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