Question

1. Develop an answerable question (using PICO) using the following scenario

   Your friend Martin is a competitive cyclist in the local cycling club championships. He is motivated to improve his performance by training on a regular basis and following a very healthy diet. Martin is specifically looking to reduce his trial time (i.e., finish his races faster). A few other members of the club take caffeine prior to a race as they have heard it is beneficial. Martin knows you are studying a research subject at University and seeks your advice as to whether caffeine may help his cycling performance and, if so, if that is dose-dependent. Although you have not studied nutrition in any great depth in your first year at University, you feel confident that you can undertake a search for available evidence on this topic.

   
   a. What is the population/patient/problem?
   b.What is the intervention/issue?
   c. Is there a comparative intervention/issue?
   d. What is the outcome?
   
   
2. Develop a PICO chart to guide your database search
   a.Keywords, synonyms and appropriate truncation and wildcard symbols

Answer 1

	Keywords	synonyms and keywords with boolean operators	appropriate truncation	wildcard symbols
Problem	Caffeine intake and performance in cycling race	Athletic performance OR biking race OR Caffeine and Cycling	"Athlets and Caffeine addiction*" "Caffeine intake and  Cyclists*"	Athlets ?Caffeine Addiction
Intervention	Caffeine intake	Caffeine addiction OR Addiction OR Caffeine consumption OR Caffeine intake	"Caffeine consumption and cycling performance*"	Caffeine ? Cycling performance
Comparison	Not take caffeine	avoiding caffeine	"Avoid caffeine*"
Outcome	Effects on performance of cyclists	Performance in Cycle race	"Cycling performance*"	caffeine?cycling