Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials

Name: Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials
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ISBN: 9780198529552

ISBN-10: 0198529554

ISBN-13: 9780198529552

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Elwood

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This book presents a logical system of critical appraisal, to allow readers to evaluate studies and to carry out their own studies more effectively. This system emphasizes the central importance of cause and effect relationships. Its great strength is that it is applicable to a wide range of issues, and both to intervention trials and observational studies.This system unifies the often different approaches used in epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials, and evidence-based medicine, starting from a logical consideration of cause and effect. The author's approach to the issues of study design, selection of subjects, bias, confounding, and the place of statistical methods has…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 584
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English




The importance of causal relationships in medicine and health care



Study designs which can demonstrate and test causation



The results obtained from studies of causation



Selection of subjects for study



Error and bias in observations



Confounding



Chance variation



Combining results from several studies: systematic review and meta-analysis



The diagnosis of causationCritical appraisal in action - introduction to Chapters 10 to 15



Critical appraisal of a randomized clinical trial



Critical appraisal of a randomized trial of a preventive agent



Critical appraisal of a prospective cohort study



Critical appraisal of a retrospective cohort study



Critical appraisal of a matched case-control study



Critical appraisal of a large, population based, case-control studyAnswers to self test questions



Methods of statistical analysis: formulae and worked examples