Moravian University

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Bachelor of Science, Health Science

HLTR 310: Research Methods

 

The PICO Model: Elements of a Well-Framed Clinical Question

 

Well-framed clinical questions contain the following components:

P – the Patient or Problem addressed

I – the Intervention under study

C – a Comparison intervention

O – the clinical Outcome of interest

 

 

Please identify each of the following components of your clinical question:

 

Patient or Problem  – Describe as specifically as possible the patient or problem type (including age, diagnosis, co-morbidities, etc as relevant).  For example, “ In male and female patients over the age of 40 who have been diagnosed with arthritis…”

 

 

 

Intervention – Describe some exposure to a treatment, a cause, a prognostic factor, or diagnostic test.  For example, “…would use of a copper bracelet…”

 

 

 

Comparison – Describe an alternative intervention (can include standard treatment or no treatment).  For example, “…in addition to standard therapy and treatment…”

 

 

 

Outcome – Describe the results of the intervention or exposure. For example, …result is decreased subjective pain, as reported on a 0-10 visual analog scale?”

 

 

 

Please write out your full question in PICO format below

In male and female patients aged 18-30 who have just gotten ACL surgery, would the use of blood flow restriction in addition to standard physical therapy which is the typical treatment result in increased function as reported on the Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS).

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