Question

WRITE THE RATIONAL FOR ALL ANSWERS CORRECT AND INCORRECT (TRUE, FALSE). ALL THAT APPLY.

Which statements are accurate about the PICO acronym and EBP question

A) African Americans with hypertension are an example a ‘P’

Definition of ‘P’:

Rationale:

B) The EBP Team uses PICO to form the EBP Question

Rationale:

C) Improved health related behaviors are an example of an ‘I’

Definition of ‘I’:

Rationale:

D) Education about healthy eating and weight management is an example of an ‘O’

Definition of ‘O’:

Rationale:

E) The “C” stands for “Current Practice”

Definition of ‘C’:

Rationale:

Answer 1

Practitioners of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) often use a specialized framework, called PICO, to form the question and facilitate the literature search.1 PICO stands for:Patient Problem, (or Population),Intervention,Comparison or Control, andOutcome

• A)true.. P is population under study in this research context
• D) false... O is outcome... Education is not an outcome... It's an exposure or observation
  E) false... C is for comparison
  B) true... To get evidence, pico form used for literature review
• C) I is intervention... Improved health behaviours can be an intervention in a cohort study
  C is true