Previous edition: London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Summary. Three stages of critical appraisal -- The initial interrogation -- The in-depth interrogation -- Surveys -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- RCTs -- Cohort studies that evaluate the effectiveness of interventions -- Systematic reviews -- The effect size -- Taking the play of chance into account -- Factors that distort the effect size -- Questionable research practices -- Conclusion -- Bias -- Critical questions for bias -- Important questions for bias -- Indicative questions for bias -- Questions about value -- Conclusion -- The critical bias questions for bias -- The complete list for appraising surveys -- The critical questions for bias -- The important questions for bias -- The indicative questions for risk of bias -- The complete list for the appraisal of cohort studies -- The critical questions for bias -- The important questions for bias -- The complete list for the appraisal of case-control studies -- The critical questions for bias -- The important questions for bias -- The questions of value -- The complete list for the appraisal of clinical trials -- Overview of advantages of cohort treatment studies and challenges for critical appraisal -- The critical questions for bias -- The important questions for bias -- The questions of value -- Conclusion -- The complete list for the appraisal of cohort studies that evaluate interventions -- The critical questions for risk of bias -- The important questions for risk of bias -- The questions of value -- The complete list for the appraisal of systematic reviews -- Identify the risk of bias of the research designs -- Review the biases in study design, conduct, and interpretation -- Derive an overall rating -- Summary -- The nature of certainty of evidence -- Downgrading the certainty of evidence -- Factors that increase certainty -- Overall assessment of certainty -- Conclusion -- Measuring potential benefit -- Harm and the balance between benefit and harm -- Costs and cost effectiveness -- Feasibility of implementation of a treatment -- Health equity -- Summary.
Summary:
'The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal' provides annotated checklists of the most common research designs. Consistent with recent developments in evidence-based medicine, these checklists distinguish between the risk of bias in the conduct of published studies and the value of the findings for healthcare delivery. This second edition of the popular guide to critical appraisal is a fully updated revision of the previous edition. Written in the same easily accessible style, The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal now provides annotated checklists of the most common research designs. Consistent with recent developments in evidence-based medicine, these checklists distinguish between the risk of bias in the conduct of published studies and the value of the findings for healthcare delivery. Five new chapters have been added and the original chapters have been rewritten, making the new edition a complete and concise guide for the evaluation of research quality. In addition to the checklists, the book also: describes how to quickly identify the information needed for the critical appraisal provides simple explanations of statistical significance and the interpretation of confidence intervals reviews the major sources of bias and their impact on research findings explains how to summarise the risk of bias outlines the concept of certainty of evidence and how to calculate it identifies the challenges in assessing the value of research findings The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal is an essential guide for all health professions and students who read research papers and use their findings.
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