Association between framing of the research question using the PICOT format and reporting quality of randomized controlled trials

Table 2 Frequency of description of each PICOT element

	All articles n = 89
Element of the research question	n	%	95% CI
P: Patients	73	82	74 - 90
I: Intervention	83	93	88 - 98
C: Comparator	47	52	42 - 63
O: Outcome	65	73	63 - 82
T: Time	26	29	19- 38
Complete PICOT	16	18	10 - 27
Complete PICO	30	33	24 - 44