Foundations of Clinical Research Applications to Practice

Name: Foundations of Clinical Research Applications to Practice
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ISBN: 9780131716407

ISBN-10: 0131716409

ISBN-13: 9780131716407

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Leslie Gross Portney, Mary P. Watkins

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Provides the foundations that are necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. Revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, including the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) that has become central to all of health care and the new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines. There is also a new chapter on systematic reviews and meta-analysis as well as expanded content related to clinical decision making, including likelihood ratios, pretest and posttest probabilities, minimally important change and number needed to treat. For…

Book details

List price: $130.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/31/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 912
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.190
Language: English




Foundations of Clinical Research



A Concept of Clinical Research



The Role of Theory in Clinical Research



Ethical Issues in Clinical Research



Concepts of Measurement



Principles of Measurement



Reliability of Measurements



Validity of Measurements



Designing Clinical Research



Asking the Research Question



Sampling



Validity in Experimental Design



Experimental Designs



Quasi-Experimental Designs



Single Subject Designs



Exploratory Research: Observational Designs



Descriptive Research



Surveys and Questionnaires



Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses



Data Analysis



Descriptive Analysis



Statistical Inference



Comparing Two Means: The t-test



Comparing More Than Two Means: Analysis of Variance



Multiple Comparison Tests



Nonparametric Tests for Group Comparisons



Correlation



Regression



Measures of Association for Categorical Variables: Chi-Square



Statistical Measures of Reliability



Statistical Measures of Validity



Epidemiology: Measures of Risk



Multivariate Analysis



Data Management



Communication



Writing a Research Proposal



Reporting the Results of Clinical Research



Evaluating Research Reports