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Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria From Your Question
Prompt
Research question: {{RESEARCH_QUESTION}}
Type of review (systematic, scoping, narrative, other): {{REVIEW_TYPE}}
Practical limits (languages, dates, access, time): {{LIMITS}}
Tasks:
1. Suggest a fitting framework to structure the question (for example PICO, PEO, SPIDER or PCC) and fill it in, flagging every slot where my question is ambiguous.
2. Draft inclusion and exclusion criteria covering population, concept, context, study design, date, language and publication type. Give a one-line reason for each.
3. Rewrite any criterion that two screeners might read differently, and show a borderline example for it.
4. List the decisions I must record before screening starts, so I cannot adjust the criteria after seeing results without noting it.
5. Say which parts depend on guidance for my review type, and tell me to check the current method handbook or reporting standard rather than rely on you.
Do not cite any specific paper or handbook page numbers. Output as a numbered list with a final criteria table.
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About this prompt
“Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria From Your Question” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Reasoning & Problem-Solving category, 177 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{RESEARCH_QUESTION}}, {{REVIEW_TYPE}}, {{LIMITS}}.
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