Studying a study and testing a test
Subtitle: how to read the medical evidence
By: Richard K. Riegelman.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Medical literature -- Evaluation.; Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation.; Biometry.; Epidemiologic Methods.; Evidence-Based Medicine -- Methods.
Other titles: How to read the medical evidence
Description: Provides a concise, stepwise program that will help evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, interpret statistics, and apply evidence from clinical research to practice.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and flaw-catching exercise; title: Types of studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. framework; title: Method; title: Assignment; title: Assessment; title: Results; title: Interpretation; title: Extrapolation; title: Randomized clinical trials; title: Database research: nonconcurrent cohort studies; title: Meta-analysis; title: Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises; title: Method; title: Assignment; title: Assessment; title: Results; title: Interpretation; title: Extrapolation; title: Screening; title: Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises; title: Method and assignment; title: Assessment; title: Results; title: Interpretation and extrapolation; title: Life expectancy; title: Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises; title: Introduction and method; title: Assignment; title: Assessment; title: Results; title: Interpretation; title: Extrapolation; title: Questions to ask and Flaw-catching exercises; title: Method; title: Assignment; title: Assessment; title: Results; title: Interpretation; title: Extrapolation and questions to ask; title: Basic principles; title: Univariable analysis; title: Bivariable analysis; title: Multivariable analysis; title: Selecting a statistic flowcharts.