Table 4.
Examples of framework used to write research questions
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Acronym
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Elements of the framework
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| PICO | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome |
| PICOS | Patient population or problem, Intervention (treatment or test), Comparison (group or treatment), Outcomes, and Setting or study type |
| PICOT | Patient population of interest, Intervention or issue of interest, Comparison with another intervention or issue, Outcome of interest and Time frame |
| PESICO | Person, Environment, Stakeholders, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, |
| SPICE | Setting, Perspective, Intervention or Exposure or Interest, Comparison, Evaluation |
| SPIDER | Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research Type |