Your full PICO question is:
Among hospitalized patients who chronically smoke, does a brief educational nursing intervention lead to long term smoking cessation [when compared with no intervention]?
Adapted from the original on the library website of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The patient is a 45-year-old female who is experiencing moderate depression. After surfing the web, she believes St. John’s Wort will cure her symptoms with less risk than conventional antidepressant medications.
If we analyse this scenario, using the PICO framework,
P: Adults experiencing (moderate) depression
I: St. John’s Wort
C: Conventional Antidepressants
O: Relief of Symptoms
We can form this PICO question:
In adults with moderate depression, is St. John’s Wort more effective for symptom relief than antidepressants?
On the Oncology unit, a first-year student has a question. He wants to discuss options for managing moderate nausea/vomiting that result after chemotherapy. He shares an experience that a relative had taking ginger when Ondanestron (Zofran) didn’t provide much relief.
If we analyse this scenario, using the PICO framework,
P: Patients with nausea/vomiting after chemo
I: Use of ginger
C: Ondanestron (Zofran)
O: Reducing nausea and vomiting
We can form this PICO question:
In chemo patients with nausea/vomiting, is use of ginger more effective than Zofran with relieving symptoms?