Foreground questions
usually contain 4 parts (PICO)
•
P
atients or population
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Age, sex, race, PMH
•
I
ntervention
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Exposure, diagnostic test, prognostic factor, therapy
•
C
omparison group or gold standard
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Nothing, placebo, another intervention
•
O
utcome of interest
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Clinical effect or intervention, patient oriented