Handbook for clinical research : design, statistics, and implementation / editors Flora M. Hammond, [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammond, Flora, editor.

Malec, James F., editor.

Nick, Todd, editor.

Buschbacher, Ralph M., editor.

Series:

Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical trials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Demos Medical Publishing, LLC, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The majority of physicians are poorly knowledgeable about statistics and research design, yet are expected to do clinical research and write articles (if in academia) or, at the very least, to read the literature critically and provide evidence-based care to patients. The basic skills involved are touched on very minimally in residency, but not in enough depth for an untrained investigator to successfully design or conduct a study, or analyze research findings in any meaningful way. This volume is intended as a "quick fix," allowing readers to look up information rapidly about various design types and statistical methods to see what the pros, cons, and indications for each are. Research implementation, including regulatory issues and grant writing, is also covered. The book is unique in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and with the increased emphasis on outcomes measurement and push toward a national agenda for disability research, will appeal both to investigators planning and executing studies and clinicians looking to better understand how the findings impact their practice. A list of topics with an outline of headings for each of the sections is attached. "Handbook for Clinical Research" features: Consistent approach/uniform format-allows readers to find the information they need rapidly Unique focus on research and statistics in physical medicine and rehabilitation Designed to be accessible for clinicians Examples drawn from all rehab areas-broad appeal across subspecialties

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Share Handbook for Clinical Research: Design, Statistics, and Implementation""; ""Part I: Design""; ""Chapter 1: Development and Testing of Treatments""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Strategies""; ""Pitfalls""; ""Helpful Hints""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 2: Qualitative Research""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Pitfalls""; ""Helpful Hints""

""Suggested Readings""""Resources""; ""Chapter 3: Single-Case Experimental Designs""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Controls""; ""Strategies""; ""Pitfalls""; ""Helpful Hints""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Resources""; ""Chapter 4: Studies of Associations""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 5: Observational Studies: Retrospective Versus Prospective""

""Definitions and Descriptions""""Introduction""; ""Background and Implications""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 6: Historical Controls""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 7: Subject as Own Control""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Background""; ""Implications""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 8: Longitudinal Cohort Versus Cross-Sectional Cohort Studies""

""Definitions and Descriptions""""Introduction""; ""Background and Implications""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 9: Survey Research""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 10: Choice of Control Groups in Treatment Studies""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Resource""; ""Chapter 11: Randomization""

""Definitions and Descriptions""""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strategies""; ""Pitfalls""; ""Helpful Hints""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Chapter 12: Special Issues in Randomized Controlled Trials""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Resources""; ""Chapter 13: Secondary Data Analysis""; ""Definitions and Descriptions""; ""Introduction""; ""Implications""; ""Background""; ""Strengths""; ""Weaknesses""; ""Strategies""; ""Suggested Readings""

""Resources""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78539-066-X

1-61705-099-7

OCLC:

890441573