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Studying a Study and Testing a Test : How to Read the Medical Evidence.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 5th edDescription: 1 online resource (411 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469875293
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Studying a Study and Testing a TestDDC classification:
  • 610/.72
LOC classification:
  • R118.6 -- .R54 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical Evidence, Fifth Edition -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction and Flaw-Catching Exercise -- SECTION I. Studying a Study -- 2. Types of Studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. Framework -- 3. Method -- 4. Assignment -- 5. Assessment -- 6. Results -- 7. Interpretation -- 8. Extrapolation -- 9. Randomized Clinical Trials -- 10. Database Research: Retrospective Cohort Studies -- 11. Meta-analysis -- 12. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION II. Testing a Test -- 13. Method -- 14. Assignment -- 15. Assessment -- 16. Results -- 17. Interpretation -- 18. Extrapolation -- 19. Screening -- 20. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION III: Rating a Rate -- 21. Method and Assignment -- 22. Assessment -- 23. Results -- 24. Interpretation and Extrapolation -- 25. Life Expectancy -- 26. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION IV: Considering Costs and Evaluating Effectiveness -- 27. Introduction and Method -- 28. Assignment -- 29. Assessment -- 30. Results -- 31. Interpretation -- 32. Extrapolation -- 33. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION V: A Guide to the Guidelines -- 34. Method -- 35. Assignment -- 36. Assessment -- 37. Results -- 38. Interpretation -- 39. Extrapolation and Questions to Ask -- SECTION VI: Selecting a Statistic -- 40. Basic Principles -- 41. Univariable Analysis -- 42. Bivariable Analysis -- 43. Multivariable Analysis -- 44. Selecting a Statistic Flowcharts -- Glossary -- Subject Index.
Summary: Now in its Fifth Edition, this best-selling text presents a step-by-step approach to critical and efficient reading of the medical literature. Health care professionals will learn how to evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, interpret statistics, and apply evidence from clinical research in practice. This edition's new section, Guide to the Guidelines, reflects the growing use and importance of clinical guidelines. The outcomes research chapter includes concepts of safety and effects of interactions on outcomes. This edition also presents statistics more graphically. Unique learning aids include question checklists, scenarios illustrating study design, and flaw-catching exercises, plus a StudyingaStudy.com Website providing interactive materials.
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Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical Evidence, Fifth Edition -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction and Flaw-Catching Exercise -- SECTION I. Studying a Study -- 2. Types of Studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. Framework -- 3. Method -- 4. Assignment -- 5. Assessment -- 6. Results -- 7. Interpretation -- 8. Extrapolation -- 9. Randomized Clinical Trials -- 10. Database Research: Retrospective Cohort Studies -- 11. Meta-analysis -- 12. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION II. Testing a Test -- 13. Method -- 14. Assignment -- 15. Assessment -- 16. Results -- 17. Interpretation -- 18. Extrapolation -- 19. Screening -- 20. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION III: Rating a Rate -- 21. Method and Assignment -- 22. Assessment -- 23. Results -- 24. Interpretation and Extrapolation -- 25. Life Expectancy -- 26. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION IV: Considering Costs and Evaluating Effectiveness -- 27. Introduction and Method -- 28. Assignment -- 29. Assessment -- 30. Results -- 31. Interpretation -- 32. Extrapolation -- 33. Questions to Ask and Flaw-Catching Exercises -- SECTION V: A Guide to the Guidelines -- 34. Method -- 35. Assignment -- 36. Assessment -- 37. Results -- 38. Interpretation -- 39. Extrapolation and Questions to Ask -- SECTION VI: Selecting a Statistic -- 40. Basic Principles -- 41. Univariable Analysis -- 42. Bivariable Analysis -- 43. Multivariable Analysis -- 44. Selecting a Statistic Flowcharts -- Glossary -- Subject Index.

Now in its Fifth Edition, this best-selling text presents a step-by-step approach to critical and efficient reading of the medical literature. Health care professionals will learn how to evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, interpret statistics, and apply evidence from clinical research in practice. This edition's new section, Guide to the Guidelines, reflects the growing use and importance of clinical guidelines. The outcomes research chapter includes concepts of safety and effects of interactions on outcomes. This edition also presents statistics more graphically. Unique learning aids include question checklists, scenarios illustrating study design, and flaw-catching exercises, plus a StudyingaStudy.com Website providing interactive materials.

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