Randomized controlled trials : questions, answers, and musings / Alejandro R. Jadad, Murray W. Enkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jadad, Alejandro R.

Contributor:

Enkin, Murray.

Jadad, Alejandro R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical trials.

Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic.

Quality Control.

Medical Subjects:

Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic.

Quality Control.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell/BMJ, 2007.

Summary:

The randomised controlled trial (RCT) is one of the simplest, most powerful and revolutionary tools of research. It is also frequently abused and misunderstood. This book is written for any person interested in the use of RCTs in clinical, research or policy decisions. It will be a valuable source of information in which users will find easy-to-read, non statistical answers to their most frequently asked questions

Contents:

Randomized controlled trials: the basics

Types of randomized controlled trials

Bias in randomized controlled trials

Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: why, what, how, and by whom?

Reporting and interpreting individual trials: the essentials

From individual trials to groups of trials: reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines

From trials to decisions: the basis of evidence-based health care

Ethics and clinical trials: are they compatible?

Reprise: more musings.

Notes:

Rev ed. of: Randomised controlled trials / Alejandro R. Jadad. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Jadad, Alejandro R. Randomised controlled trials.

ISBN:

1405132663

9781405132664

OCLC:

80180792