What is a clinical question evidence-based practice?
Questions about the probable cause of a patient’s disease or the likelihood that he or she will develop an illness. Cohort Study and/or Case-Control Series. Etiology (Causation) Questions about the harmful effect of an intervention or exposure on a patient. Cohort Study.
What are some examples of EBP questions?
How would I describe the problem or a group of patients similar to mine? What main intervention, prognostic factor or exposure am I considering? Is there an alternative to compare with the intervention? What do I hope to accomplish, measure, improve or affect?
What is a clinical question in nursing?
Clinical questions typically fall into one of four main categories: Etiology (or harm/risk factors): What causes the problem? Diagnosis: Does this patient have this problem? Therapy: What is the best treatment for this problem? Prognosis: What will the outcome of the problem be?
What should a clinical question include?
When well built, clinical questions usually have four components: P: The patient situation, population, or problem of interest. I: The main intervention, defined very broadly, including an exposure, a diagnostic test, a prognostic factor, a treatment, a patient perception and so forth.
What is a PICO question example?
PICO Examples Describe as accurately as possible the patient or group of patients of interest. What is the main intervention or therapy you wish to consider? Including an exposure to disease, a diagnostic test, a prognostic factor, a treatment, a patient perception, a risk factor, etc.
What are the different types of clinical questions?
Clinical questions can be narrowed down to four types: therapy, prognosis, diagnosis and economic/decision analysis.
What are some good clinical questions?
Using PICO to Create a Well-Built Clinical Question
- How would you describe a group of patients similar to yours?
- Which main intervention, prognostic factor, or exposure are you considering?
- What is the main alternative to compare with the intervention?
- What can you hope to accomplish, measure, improve or affect?
How do you ask a good clinical question?
Using three key questions to focus should aid the formation of a good clinical question, these are:
- What is the most important health issue for this patients?
- Which issue should I address first?
- Which question, when answered, will help the patient most?