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Table 1 Search categories and SPIDER and PICO headings

From: PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews

 

PICO

PICOS

SPIDER

Multiple Sclerosis and patient/service user

Population

Population

Sample

Health care services

Intervention

Intervention

Phenomenon of Interest

Named types of qualitative data collection and analysis

Comparison

Comparison

Design

Experiences, perceptions

Outcome

Outcome

Evaluation

Qualitative or qualitative method

not applicable

Study type

Research type