Systematic Search Strategy

A skill for designing and executing comprehensive, reproducible literature search strategies for systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses. Follows PRISMA 2020 guidelines and Cochrane Handbook best practices.

PICO Framework for Search Design

Structure your research question using PICO (or variants):

P - Population / Problem:   Who or what is being studied?
I - Intervention / Exposure: What is the treatment or exposure?
C - Comparison:              What is the alternative?
O - Outcome:                 What is being measured?

Variants:
PICOS: adds Study design
SPIDER: Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research type
PCC:    Population, Concept, Context (for scoping reviews)