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Finding the evidence for therapeutic PICO questions on four electronic resources

Ping Gu (Associate Professor at the Library, The First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China)
Heleen Dyserinck (Clinical Librarian, based at the Central Medical Library, The Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Marjan Loep (Clinical Librarian, based at the Central Medical Library, The Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
José Frijns (Director, based at the Central Medical Library, The Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Library Review

ISSN: 0024-2535

Publication date: 1 April 2004

Abstract

The aim of this article is to clarify for users the differences between the information resources Cochrane Library (online version), SUMSearch, TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) and UpToDate (online version), and to understand fully to what extent these four resources can answer therapeutic PICO (Patient/Population‐Intervention/Exposure‐Comparison‐Outcome) questions. We chose ten therapeutic PICO questions from the text “PDQ Evidence‐Based Principles and Practice” and from some evidence‐based medicine (EBM) related Web sites. We then looked for systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), RCTs, practice guidelines or reviews for them on the four electronic resources, respectively. All the resources are completely appropriate to answer therapeutic questions.

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Gu, P., Dyserinck, H., Loep, M. and Frijns, J. (2004), "Finding the evidence for therapeutic PICO questions on four electronic resources", Library Review, Vol. 53 No. 3, pp. 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242530410526547

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