PICO is an acronym that can help you create a well-built clinical question by identifying the key aspects of a complex patient presentation. In addition to the four main concepts of a clinical questions (PICO), there are two additional factors that you can also include in your question:
Does telemonitoring blood pressure in patients with hypertension improve blood pressure control within one year of initiation of the medication?
Main concept | Potential keywords | Boolean search using combined terms | |
PPatient or Problem |
hypertension |
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(hypertension OR hypertensive OR high blood pressure)) |
IIntervention or Indicator |
telemonitoring blood pressure |
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telemonitor AND "Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory"[Mesh] |
CComparison or Control |
n/a |
|
|
OOutcome |
improve blood pressure control |
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(blood pressure OR arterial pressure) |
TTimeframe |
within one year |
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(one year OR twelve months) |
FINAL BOOLEAN SEARCH:
(hypertension OR hypertensive OR high blood pressure) AND telemonitor AND ("Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory"[Mesh] OR (monitor AND blood pressure)) AND (one year OR twelve months)
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