%0 Journal Article
%T Formulating a researchable question: A critical step for facilitating good clinical research
%A Aslam Sadaf
%A Emmanuel Patricia
%J Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X Developing a researchable question is one of the challenging tasks a researcher encounters when initiating a project. Both, unanswered issues in current clinical practice or when experiences dictate alternative therapies may provoke an investigator to formulate a clinical research question. This article will assist researchers by providing step-by-step guidance on the formulation of a research question. This paper also describes PICO (population, intervention, control, and outcomes) criteria in framing a research question. Finally, we also assess the characteristics of a research question in the context of initiating a research project.
%K Clinical research project
%K PICO format
%K research question
%U http://www.ijstd.org/article.asp?issn=0253-7184;year=2010;volume=31;issue=1;spage=47;epage=50;aulast=Aslam