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. 2022 Jul 12;18(4):e13399. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13399

Table 1.

PICO tool (Boolean operator OR)

Population Issue/intervention Context Outcome
PICO term Breastfeed* Social Media Support Experience
Alternatives/synonyms Infant feeding Facebook Continu* Duration
Breastfeed*
Post‐natal Online Perception*
Mother Social network*
Pregnan* Communit*

Note: * indicates a truncation enabling database searching of the main stem of the word.

Abbreviation: PICO, Population, Issue, Context, Outcome.