Table 4

Relationship between PICO elements and the linguistic categories contained in clinicians' questions (n = 161) about treatment uncertainties for schizophrenia:

Number and Percentage (%) of questions in which PICO element is present


Response Class

Patient

Intervention

Comparison

Outcome


Comparison query

12

(17.9%)

19

(17.6%)

7

(35%)

16

(15.8%)


How query

14

(20.9%)

16

(14.8%)

0

(0%)

15

(14.9%)


What query

24

(35.8%)

33

(30.65)

3

(15%)

34

(33.7%)


When query

5

(7.5%)

7

(6.5%)

2

(10%)

5

(5%)


Why Query

3

(4.5%)

7

(6.5%)

2

(10%)

7

(6.9%)


Statement

5

(7.5%)

10

(9.3%)

4

(20%)

13

(12.9%)


Ill-defined query

4

(6%)

16

(14.8%)

2

(10%)

11

(10.9%)


Total

67

(41.6%)

108

(67.1%)

20

(12.4%)

101

(62.7%)


Lloyd et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009 9:34   doi:10.1186/1472-6947-9-34

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