A nurse studies the effects of teaching the MyPlate.gov materials to preschoolers by providing this education to preschoolers in a single day care center and then following their BMI scores over a 5-year period and comparing their scores to those of children from another day care center.In this study,which element is represented by the O in the PICOS acronym?
A) BMI scores
B) Five-year follow-up
C) MyPlate.gov materials
D) Preschoolers

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In PICOS,the O stands for outcomes,which,in this study,are the BMI measures thought to be affected by the intervention.The 5-year follow-up is part of the study design,or S.The MyPlate.gov materials are used for the intervention,or I.The preschoolers are the population,or P.

A Nurse Studies the Effects of Teaching the MyPlate