Define the question driving the review
- Be clear on what you are seeking
- Your research question will provide keywords for your search strategy
- Your completed review will need to answer your research question
Scroll down the SAGE Research Methods page linked below to find the Research Project Planner, which has a section on developing a researchable question.
Frameworks
Frameworks that you can utilise to formulate your question include:
- PICO - Patient, Population or Problem / Intervention / Comparison / Outcome
- PICo - Population / Interest / Context
- PCC - Population / Concept / Context
- SPICE - Setting / Perspective / Intervention / Comparison / Evaluation
- SPIDER - Sample / Phenomena of Interest / Design / Evaluation / Research Type
- ECLIPSE - Expectation / Client group / Location / Impact / Professionals / Service
See the pages linked below for useful descriptions and examples of these frameworks:
