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- Title
THE PICO STRATEGY FOR THE RESEARCH QUESTION CONSTRUCTION AND EVIDENCE SEARCH.
- Authors
Santos, Cristina Mamédio da Costa; Pimenta, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos; Nobre, Moacyr Roberto Cuce
- Abstract
Evidence based practice is the use of the best scientific evidence to support the clinical decision making. The identification of the best evidence requires the construction of an appropriate research question and review of the literature. This article describes the use of the PICO strategy for the construction of the research question and bibliographical search.
- Subjects
EVIDENCE-based medicine; DECISION making in clinical medicine; NURSING research; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL searching; BIBLIOGRAPHIC databases
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2007, Vol 15, Issue 3, p508
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692007000300023