[Solved] PICOT

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

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**## instructions.docx**

3-to-4-page paper and PICOT template

Details: Draft three PICOT questions for clinical issues of your interest and submit them for approval.  Download and fill out the PICOT
[template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741?wrap=1) [Download  template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741/download?download_frd=1) to submit with this paper.

**The PICOT Questions**

This assignment should be 3-4 pages (not including the title or references pages) and shall consist of the following components:

·
_Title Page:_ In APA format

·
_Introduction:_ include a summary of the primary intent of your paper

·
_Problem Statement:_ Fully describe the primary problem you are addressing as part of your potential EBP Project. Integrate contemporary/scholarly evidence (no more than five years old) to support the need for change.

·
_Improved PICOT Questions:_ Focused, searchable, and answerable PICOT questions should include the following:

·

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_Population of Interest:_ Describe your population of interest.

·
_Intervention of Interest:_ Describe your intervention of interest.

·
_Evidence:_ Evidence from the literature must be present with at least 3 scholarly references to support the evidence-based practice intervention.

·
_Comparison of Interest:_ Describe your comparison of interest.

·
_Outcome of Interest:_ Describe your outcome of interest. Is it measurable? Is the tool that you will use to measure outcomes proven reliable and valid?

·
_Timeframe:_ Briefly identify the timeframe associated with the implementation phase of your project.

·

·

·

·
_Conclusion:_ Summarize the key points you made within your paper without introducing any new information in this section.

·
_References Page:_ In APA format

**## Appendix_A_Question_Templates_for_Asking21.docx**

## Appendix A

Question Templates for Asking

PICOT Questions

## INTRODUCTION

| |
| — |
| **INTERVENTION**<br>In <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to <br> <br>(C) affect <br>(O) within <br>(T)? |
| **ETIOLOGY**<br>Are <br>(P) who have <br>(I) compared to those without<br> <br>(C) at <br>risk for/of <br>(O) over<br> <br>(T)? |
| **DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST**<br>In <br>(P), are/is <br>(I) compared to <br>(C) more accurate in diagnosing <br>(O)? |
| **PROGNOSIS/PREDICTION**<br>In (For) <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to<br> <br>(C) influence <br>(O) during/over <br>(T)? |
| **MEANING**<br>How do <br>(P) with <br>(I) perceive <br>(O) during <br>(T)? |

**SHORT DEFINITIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS**

**Intervention:** Questions addressing the treatment of an illness or disability.

**Etiology:** Questions that address the causes or origin of disease, the factors that produce or predispose toward a certain disease or disorder.

**Diagnosis:** Questions addressing the act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation.

**Prognosis/Prediction:** Questions addressing the prediction of the course of a disease.

**Meaning:** Questions addressing how one experiences a phenomenon.

## SAMPLE QUESTIONS

**Intervention:** In older adult patients in acute care facilities (P), how do fall prevention pro- grams with risk assessment (I) compared to fall prevention programs without risk assessment

(C) affect fall rates (O) within one quarter after intervention (T)?

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**Appendix A / Question Templates for Asking PICOT Questions**

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**Etiology:** Are 50- to 60-year-old women (P) who have family history of a diagnosis of obesity

(I) compared to those without family history of a diagnosis of obesity (C) at increased risk for increased body mass index (BMI) (O) during the first 3 years after hysterectomy or meno- pause (T)?

**Diagnosis:** In middle-aged men with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) (I) compared to one initial 12-lead ECG (C) more accurate in diag- nosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?

**Prognosis/Prediction: (1)** For patients 65 years and older (P), how does receiving the influ- enza vaccine (I) compared to not receiving the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during fu season (T)?

**(2)** In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does smoking

(I) compared to nonsmoking (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?

**Meaning:** How do parents (P) of toddlers with a new diagnosis of a terminal disease (I) per- ceive their parenting role (O) during the first 3 months after diagnosis (T)?

© Ellen Fineout-Overholt, 2006.

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**## Appendix_A_Question_Templates_for_Asking21.docx**

## Appendix A

Question Templates for Asking

PICOT Questions

## INTRODUCTION

| |
| — |
| **INTERVENTION**<br>In <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to <br> <br>(C) affect <br>(O) within <br>(T)? |
| **ETIOLOGY**<br>Are <br>(P) who have <br>(I) compared to those without<br> <br>(C) at <br>risk for/of <br>(O) over<br> <br>(T)? |
| **DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST**<br>In <br>(P), are/is <br>(I) compared to <br>(C) more accurate in diagnosing <br>(O)? |
| **PROGNOSIS/PREDICTION**<br>In (For) <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to<br> <br>(C) influence <br>(O) during/over <br>(T)? |
| **MEANING**<br>How do <br>(P) with <br>(I) perceive <br>(O) during <br>(T)? |

**SHORT DEFINITIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS**

**Intervention:** Questions addressing the treatment of an illness or disability.

**Etiology:** Questions that address the causes or origin of disease, the factors that produce or predispose toward a certain disease or disorder.

**Diagnosis:** Questions addressing the act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation.

**Prognosis/Prediction:** Questions addressing the prediction of the course of a disease.

**Meaning:** Questions addressing how one experiences a phenomenon.

## SAMPLE QUESTIONS

**Intervention:** In older adult patients in acute care facilities (P), how do fall prevention pro- grams with risk assessment (I) compared to fall prevention programs without risk assessment

(C) affect fall rates (O) within one quarter after intervention (T)?

834

**Appendix A / Question Templates for Asking PICOT Questions**

**835**

**Etiology:** Are 50- to 60-year-old women (P) who have family history of a diagnosis of obesity

(I) compared to those without family history of a diagnosis of obesity (C) at increased risk for increased body mass index (BMI) (O) during the first 3 years after hysterectomy or meno- pause (T)?

**Diagnosis:** In middle-aged men with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) (I) compared to one initial 12-lead ECG (C) more accurate in diag- nosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?

**Prognosis/Prediction: (1)** For patients 65 years and older (P), how does receiving the influ- enza vaccine (I) compared to not receiving the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during fu season (T)?

**(2)** In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does smoking

(I) compared to nonsmoking (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?

**Meaning:** How do parents (P) of toddlers with a new diagnosis of a terminal disease (I) per- ceive their parenting role (O) during the first 3 months after diagnosis (T)?

© Ellen Fineout-Overholt, 2006.

## image1.png

## image2.png

**## instructions.docx**

3-to-4-page paper and PICOT template

Details: Draft three PICOT questions for clinical issues of your interest and submit them for approval.  Download and fill out the PICOT
[template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741?wrap=1) [Download  template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741/download?download_frd=1) to submit with this paper.

**The PICOT Questions**

This assignment should be 3-4 pages (not including the title or references pages) and shall consist of the following components:

·
_Title Page:_ In APA format

·
_Introduction:_ include a summary of the primary intent of your paper

·
_Problem Statement:_ Fully describe the primary problem you are addressing as part of your potential EBP Project. Integrate contemporary/scholarly evidence (no more than five years old) to support the need for change.

·
_Improved PICOT Questions:_ Focused, searchable, and answerable PICOT questions should include the following:

·

·
_Population of Interest:_ Describe your population of interest.

·
_Intervention of Interest:_ Describe your intervention of interest.

·
_Evidence:_ Evidence from the literature must be present with at least 3 scholarly references to support the evidence-based practice intervention.

·
_Comparison of Interest:_ Describe your comparison of interest.

·
_Outcome of Interest:_ Describe your outcome of interest. Is it measurable? Is the tool that you will use to measure outcomes proven reliable and valid?

·
_Timeframe:_ Briefly identify the timeframe associated with the implementation phase of your project.

·

·

·

·
_Conclusion:_ Summarize the key points you made within your paper without introducing any new information in this section.

·
_References Page:_ In APA format

**## Appendix_A_Question_Templates_for_Asking21.docx**

## Appendix A

Question Templates for Asking

PICOT Questions

## INTRODUCTION

| |
| — |
| **INTERVENTION**<br>In <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to <br> <br>(C) affect <br>(O) within <br>(T)? |
| **ETIOLOGY**<br>Are <br>(P) who have <br>(I) compared to those without<br> <br>(C) at <br>risk for/of <br>(O) over<br> <br>(T)? |
| **DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST**<br>In <br>(P), are/is <br>(I) compared to <br>(C) more accurate in diagnosing <br>(O)? |
| **PROGNOSIS/PREDICTION**<br>In (For) <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to<br> <br>(C) influence <br>(O) during/over <br>(T)? |
| **MEANING**<br>How do <br>(P) with <br>(I) perceive <br>(O) during <br>(T)? |

**SHORT DEFINITIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS**

**Intervention:** Questions addressing the treatment of an illness or disability.

**Etiology:** Questions that address the causes or origin of disease, the factors that produce or predispose toward a certain disease or disorder.

**Diagnosis:** Questions addressing the act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation.

**Prognosis/Prediction:** Questions addressing the prediction of the course of a disease.

**Meaning:** Questions addressing how one experiences a phenomenon.

## SAMPLE QUESTIONS

**Intervention:** In older adult patients in acute care facilities (P), how do fall prevention pro- grams with risk assessment (I) compared to fall prevention programs without risk assessment

(C) affect fall rates (O) within one quarter after intervention (T)?

834

**Appendix A / Question Templates for Asking PICOT Questions**

**835**

**Etiology:** Are 50- to 60-year-old women (P) who have family history of a diagnosis of obesity

(I) compared to those without family history of a diagnosis of obesity (C) at increased risk for increased body mass index (BMI) (O) during the first 3 years after hysterectomy or meno- pause (T)?

**Diagnosis:** In middle-aged men with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) (I) compared to one initial 12-lead ECG (C) more accurate in diag- nosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?

**Prognosis/Prediction: (1)** For patients 65 years and older (P), how does receiving the influ- enza vaccine (I) compared to not receiving the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during fu season (T)?

**(2)** In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does smoking

(I) compared to nonsmoking (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?

**Meaning:** How do parents (P) of toddlers with a new diagnosis of a terminal disease (I) per- ceive their parenting role (O) during the first 3 months after diagnosis (T)?

© Ellen Fineout-Overholt, 2006.

## image1.png

## image2.png

**## instructions.docx**

3-to-4-page paper and PICOT template

Details: Draft three PICOT questions for clinical issues of your interest and submit them for approval.  Download and fill out the PICOT
[template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741?wrap=1) [Download  template](https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/courses/59197/files/24965741/download?download_frd=1) to submit with this paper.

**The PICOT Questions**

This assignment should be 3-4 pages (not including the title or references pages) and shall consist of the following components:

·
_Title Page:_ In APA format

·
_Introduction:_ include a summary of the primary intent of your paper

·
_Problem Statement:_ Fully describe the primary problem you are addressing as part of your potential EBP Project. Integrate contemporary/scholarly evidence (no more than five years old) to support the need for change.

·
_Improved PICOT Questions:_ Focused, searchable, and answerable PICOT questions should include the following:

·

·
_Population of Interest:_ Describe your population of interest.

·
_Intervention of Interest:_ Describe your intervention of interest.

·
_Evidence:_ Evidence from the literature must be present with at least 3 scholarly references to support the evidence-based practice intervention.

·
_Comparison of Interest:_ Describe your comparison of interest.

·
_Outcome of Interest:_ Describe your outcome of interest. Is it measurable? Is the tool that you will use to measure outcomes proven reliable and valid?

·
_Timeframe:_ Briefly identify the timeframe associated with the implementation phase of your project.

·

·

·

·
_Conclusion:_ Summarize the key points you made within your paper without introducing any new information in this section.

·
_References Page:_ In APA format

**## Appendix_A_Question_Templates_for_Asking21.docx**

## Appendix A

Question Templates for Asking

PICOT Questions

## INTRODUCTION

| |
| — |
| **INTERVENTION**<br>In <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to <br> <br>(C) affect <br>(O) within <br>(T)? |
| **ETIOLOGY**<br>Are <br>(P) who have <br>(I) compared to those without<br> <br>(C) at <br>risk for/of <br>(O) over<br> <br>(T)? |
| **DIAGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST**<br>In <br>(P), are/is <br>(I) compared to <br>(C) more accurate in diagnosing <br>(O)? |
| **PROGNOSIS/PREDICTION**<br>In (For) <br>(P), how does <br>(I) compared to<br> <br>(C) influence <br>(O) during/over <br>(T)? |
| **MEANING**<br>How do <br>(P) with <br>(I) perceive <br>(O) during <br>(T)? |

**SHORT DEFINITIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS**

**Intervention:** Questions addressing the treatment of an illness or disability.

**Etiology:** Questions that address the causes or origin of disease, the factors that produce or predispose toward a certain disease or disorder.

**Diagnosis:** Questions addressing the act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation.

**Prognosis/Prediction:** Questions addressing the prediction of the course of a disease.

**Meaning:** Questions addressing how one experiences a phenomenon.

## SAMPLE QUESTIONS

**Intervention:** In older adult patients in acute care facilities (P), how do fall prevention pro- grams with risk assessment (I) compared to fall prevention programs without risk assessment

(C) affect fall rates (O) within one quarter after intervention (T)?

834

**Appendix A / Question Templates for Asking PICOT Questions**

**835**

**Etiology:** Are 50- to 60-year-old women (P) who have family history of a diagnosis of obesity

(I) compared to those without family history of a diagnosis of obesity (C) at increased risk for increased body mass index (BMI) (O) during the first 3 years after hysterectomy or meno- pause (T)?

**Diagnosis:** In middle-aged men with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) (I) compared to one initial 12-lead ECG (C) more accurate in diag- nosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?

**Prognosis/Prediction: (1)** For patients 65 years and older (P), how does receiving the influ- enza vaccine (I) compared to not receiving the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during fu season (T)?

**(2)** In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does smoking

(I) compared to nonsmoking (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?

**Meaning:** How do parents (P) of toddlers with a new diagnosis of a terminal disease (I) per- ceive their parenting role (O) during the first 3 months after diagnosis (T)?

© Ellen Fineout-Overholt, 2006.

## image1.png

## image2.png