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Studying a study and testing a test : how to read the medical evidence / Richard K. Riegelman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riegelman, Richard K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical literature--Evaluation.
- Medical literature.
- Medicine--Research--Evaluation.
- Medicine.
- Biometry.
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Evidence-Based Medicine--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biometry.
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Evidence-Based Medicine--methods.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Other Title:
- Studying a study & testing a test
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Section I: Studying a study
- Types of studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. framework
- Method
- Assignment
- Assessment
- Results
- Interpretation
- Extrapolation
- Randomized clinical trials
- Database research: retrospective cohort studies
- Meta-analysis
- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises
- Section II. Testing a test
- Screening
- Section III. Rating a rate
- Method and assignment
- Interpretation and extrapolation
- Life expectancy
- Section IV. Considering costs and evaluating effectiveness
- Introduction and method
- Section V. A guide to the guidelines
- Extrapolation and questions to ask
- Section VI. Selecting a statistic
- Basic principles
- Univariable analysis
- Bivariable analysis
- Multivariable analysis
- Selecting a statistic flowcharts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0781745764
- OCLC:
- 56415070
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