Table 2 Population, intervention, comparator, outcome, time allowed for outcomes, time of search of the literature, study designs allowed (PICOTTS)
Population | Parents of children with chronic illnesses (includes asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cardiac abnormalities, and or cystic fibrosis) |
Intervention | Serious/educational game; interactive media |
Comparator | Parent’s knowledge about their child’s condition at baseline or in control group |
Outcomes | Markers of improved management of the child’s disease; parental knowledge; disease severity; health outcomes |
Time allowed for interventions effect | Up to 1 year of time allowed between intervention and post-test if applicable |
Time into the past for the search | 1986 was the furthest back in the literature for the search |
Study designs allowed | Cohort studies; RCTs; observational studies |