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Appraise Flashcards

1
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Tools that can help interpret clinical and statistical significance of data (3)

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  • EBM calculator
  • Diagnostic test calculator
  • Clinical Calculator
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CAARP test is used to:

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help you make an objective evaluation and eliminate the bad information

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3
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CAARP sands for:

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  • Currency
  • Accuracy
  • Authority
  • Relevance
  • Purpose
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the timeliness of the information

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currency

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the source of the information

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authority

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the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information content

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Accuracy

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the importance of the information

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Relevance

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reason the information exists

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purpose

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first step in appraising a research study is to determine:

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if it is actually a research study

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Abstract provides: (4)

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background
methods
results
conclusion

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things to look for in a non-study: (4)

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  • information is from a website and is not identified as research
  • the article is identified as a CE or continuing education article
  • the information sounds like a commercial promoting a specific product
  • article is written in lay language as a patient education piece
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someone has read and analyzed multiple studies and has written a review

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Filtered evidence/ review

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Hierarchy of evidence

highest to lowest

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  • Reviews
  • Experimental
  • Descriptive
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14
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reviews include: (2)

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  • systematic review

- focused reviews

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15
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reviews are also known as:

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filtered studies

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unfiltered studies include:

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experimental and descriptive studies

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Experimental studies include (2)

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randomized controlled trials

quasi-experimental studies

18
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descriptive studies can either be:

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quantitative or qualitative

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a summary of medical literature that uses explicit methods to perform a comprehensive literature search and critical appraisal of individual studies and that use appropriate statistical techniques to combine these valid studies

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systematic review

20
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a systematic review that uses quantitative methods to synthesize and summarize the results

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meta-analysis

21
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abstracts of systematic reviews more commonly include:

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objective
data sources
study selection
data extraction and data synthesis

22
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a summary of medical literature that is focused on a specific topic. Selection of studies to be included in the review are subjective

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focused review

23
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Downside of focused reviews (4)

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  • do not identify multiple database searches
  • information based on evidence author has selected to support a position
  • do not report quality of selected studies
  • are subject to bias
24
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experimental design includes: (5)

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  • asking a clinical question
  • assigning participants to a group (random or quasi)
  • measures an outcome
  • compares outcomes
  • findings suggest causation
25
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quasi-experimental study lacks one or both:

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  • random assignment to groups

- control group

26
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findings are reported in numbers

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quantitative

27
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findings are reported in descriptions

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qualitative

28
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Descriptive designs ask questions of:

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who, when, what, where, and how things are associated

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descriptive designs are used to:

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obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena and to describe “what exists” with respect to variables or conditions in a situation

30
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findings ________ suggest causation

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do not

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types of quantitative descriptive studies (5)

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  • surveys
  • secondary analysis
  • correlational studies
  • cohort studies
  • case controlled studies
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seeks to describe, decode, translate, and otherwise come to terms with he meaning

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qualitative study

33
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types of descriptive studies (4)

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  • grounded theory
  • phenomenology
  • ethnography
  • historical
34
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Step 1 of determining type of study

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is it a review:

  • yes (filtered)
  • no (unfiltered)
35
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a study is a review and uses multiple databases

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systematic

36
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Study is not a review, does it have interventions?

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yes- experimental

no-descriptive

37
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if a study is not a review, has interventions, and is randomized

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RCT

38
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a study is not a review, has interventions, but is not randomized

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quasi-experiment study

39
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a study is not a review, does not have interventions, and reports findings in numbers

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quantitative descriptive

40
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a study is not a review, does not have interventions, and reports findings as descriptions to describe a phenomena

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qualitative descriptive

41
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a study is a review but does not use multiple databases

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focused review

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