Used to frame and answer a clinical or health care related question. The PICO acronym stands for P - patient, problem or population; I - intervention; C - comparison, control or comparator; O - outcome.
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Related terms: PICOT, PICOS, PICOTS
PICO acronym for the model of a clinical question for a search strategy or systematic review of healthcare intervention PubMed Health
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