12: Critical Appraisal Flashcards
1
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Definition
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Critical appraisal is the assessment of evidence by systematically reviewing its relevance, internal validity and results to specific situations (external validity).
2
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Why?
3 basic questions
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Why
Avoid misunderstanding, misinterpretation and misguided applications in clincal practice
3 basic questions
Results valid?
What are the results?
Can I appply the results to my situation?
3
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Checklists
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- manyfold
- focus on different aspects
- target validity (in and external), erors, bias, confounding
- e.g. SIGN or CASP
4
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Things you need to consider
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Relevance, external and internal validity
- Who wrote it? Recognized aothor
- Where has it been published, peer review?
- Why?Aims and objectives ? Relevant?
- Who participated, where study conducted?
- How? suitable methology? Internal validity (statistics, any obvious bias or conflicts of interest?)
- What are the result? External validity (valid for my situation, poulation, intervention, setting, outcome, follow up) Conclusions make sense?
- When? recent work?
