PICO Widget.

Below widget is available to do a quick lookup in some of the Ovid databases for your PICO question. Please note this is not a replacement for a precision search finding all results for your query, but it will give you a good indication if you are on the right track formulating your PICO.

Example PICO*: Prevention (O) of Whooping Cough (P) in adults (P) using vaccination (I)

* not all elements are required. In this example the C is not used

Select Ovid Database:
P: Patient, Population, Problem or disease
    who are the patients, what is the problem
Age:
Gender:
Ethnicity:
Disorder:
I: Intervention or Issue
    what we do to them, what are they exposed to
Intervention / Issue:
C: Comparison intervention or issue
    what do we compare the intervention with
Comparison:
O: Outcome
    what happens, what is the outcome
Outcome/Risks: