Does anyone have experience of setting the research question in a
qualitative study into the PIO or PICO or PECOT format? It seems possible to
do so but I have not seen it done.
P is easy to identify but the E or I and O less so. There is sometimes a C
but more often not.
For example, in a study "To identify and explore parents' concerns when
preschool children become acutely ill."
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7063/983
P = parents' of preschool children
E or I = children develop an acute illness (note - this does not imply the
children have acute illness during the study, rather the parents consider
their experience)
O = their beliefs and concerns.
So it can be done but my questions to the group are:
1 Any views on using PIO/PICO in this situation? Does it add anything of
value to our appreciation of the paper over and above a narrative expression
of the research question (as in the title above)?
2 Do you have experience of doing so? Could you tell us more?
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B/W, Kev Hopayian
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