Table 3. The PICOT and FINER of a research question.
| Acronym | Explanation |
| P = | Patient (or the domain) |
| I = | Intervention or treatment (or the determinants in non-experimental) |
| C = | Comparison (only in experimental) |
| O = | Outcome |
| T = | Time describes the duration of data collection |
| F = | Feasible with the current and/or potential available resources |
| I = | Important and interesting to current clinical practice and to you, respectively |
| N = | Novel and adding to the existing corpus of scientific knowledge |
| E = | Ethical research conducted without harm to participants and institutions |
| R = | Relevant to as many parties as possible, not only to your own practice |