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PICOT QUESTION
Population Adult Patients with Diabetes
Intervention Implementation of Diet and exercise
Comparison Instead of Medication Alone
Outcome At Controlling Diabetes and Diabetes Complications
Timeline Three Months
Introduce the Project: This section briefly overviews the project focus or practice problem, why this project
is worth conducting, and how this project will be completed.
Background of the Project: The background section explains both the history and the present state of the
problem and project focus.
Problem Statement (must be templated): It was not known if or to what degree the implementation of
__________________would impact ______________ when compared to _______________ among
___________ (population).
Purpose of the Project (must be templated): The purpose of this ___________( i.e., quantitative pretest
posttest) project was to determine if or to what degree the implementation of _________________
(intervention) would impact ______________(what) when compared to _______________________
among ___________(population) in a ________ (setting i.e., primary care clinic, ER, OR) in ________
(state) over _______ (time).
Clinical Question(s): In a paragraph prior to listing the clinical questions, include a discussion of the clinical
questions, relating them to the problem statement.
Templated statement: To what degree does the implementation of _______________ (intervention) impacts
__________________ (what) when compared to _____________ among _____________ (population)
patients in a ______ (setting) in _______ (state) over 4 weeks?
Then, include a leading phrase to introduce the questions, such as: The following clinical questions guide
this quantitative project: Q1________________; Q2 ________________
Advancing Scientific Knowledge: This section specifically describes how the project will advance population
health outcomes on the topic. It can be a small step forward in a line of current projects, but it must add to
the current body of knowledge in the literature. It identifies the gap or need based on the current literature
and discusses how the project will address that gap or need.
