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Permalink Reply by Chris Paton on November 16, 2012 at 12:30am

Hi Prashanth,

I find the PICO method a good way to frame a research question:

P: What is the Population that has this problem (it could be an individual Patient)

I: What is the Intervention designed to solve the problem

C: What is the Comparison Intervention (this could be the "Gold Standard" or a placebo)

O: What is the Outcome that should be measured to see if the intervention has worked.

You can use your answers to the PICO questions to find relevant articles in the literature and come up with a robust analysis of the problem you looking at.

More information about PICO:

http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1036

Have a go at formulating your question using PICO.

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Permalink Reply by prashanth kesara on November 17, 2012 at 11:38am

Thanks Chris I will work on this on the weekend .Many thanks for your advise

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