PICO Highlighting and Filtering: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How does PICO Highlighting work in Rayyan? 

• Hovering over any highlighted text will show you what element of PICO it is related to and the confidence level.
• Comparison / Control is merged with Intervention, so for example you will see placebo as an intervention.
• You can turn on/off highlighting of PICO elements using the PICO Highlights button
• Unlike keyword highlighting of all instances of a word, PICO highlighting only occurs when the text is related to PICO.

How do PICO Facets and PICO Filters work? 

• The 3 PICO facets (Population, Intervention/Comparison, Outcome) contain filters that rely on word truncation
• The PICO filters order the results by the index with the most articles
• Like with all facets, combining filters within a facet produces "OR" and combining across facets produces "AND".

Who has access to PICO highlighting and filtering?

• Only a review owner with a membership that includes PICO access will be able to create a review in which PICO highlighting/filtering appears
• Rayyan processes all of reference articles upon import to present you the PICO results immediately 
• PICO will not appear on any reviews prior to it being enabled on the account of the review owner
• All reviewers associated with each review that has PICO highlighting and filtering will have access to these features
• Membership options with PICO support can be found on the Memberships page 

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