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1
Q

Clearly focussed?

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PICO/PEO

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Appropriate?

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Design

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Acceptable recruitment?
Co CC SR

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Cohort - represent, selection bias, all included who should
Case-control - both represent pop
SR - all papers

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4
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Acceptable Assignment?
RCT

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RCT - how, random, concealed

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5
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Accurate measurement?
Co CC

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Cohort - exposure and outcome
Case-control - exposure

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Follow-up?

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Cohort - complete/ long enough
Case-control - treated equal
SR - reasonable to combine
RCT - exclude/ lost (accounted for, explained, ITT)

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Confounding?
Co CC

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ID and accounted for, list important and missing

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8
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Sound method?
RCT

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Blinding, clearly defined and similar groups, clearly defined and similar care

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9
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Results?
Co

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Bottom line
Rate between
Strength of association (RR)
ARR

CI

Size of effect
Chance/ bias/ confounding
Flaw in design/ method
Bradford-Hills

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10
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Results?
CC

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Bottom line
Appropriate analysis
Strength of association (OR)
Adjusted for confounding (still explain, big OR change?)

Size of p
CI
All variables considered
Effect of refusal (towards null)

Size of effect
Chance/ bias/ confounding
Flaw in design/ method
Bradford-Hills

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11
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Results?
SR

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Bottom Line
Expressed how (NNT, OR)
CI

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12
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Results?
RCT

(IMPRESSED)

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Comprehensive reporting?
- Identify bias
- Missing/ incomplete data
- Power + P-values
- Results all reported
- Expressed how
- (clearly) Specified outcome
- (which) Stats tests
- Effect (absolute and relative)
- Differential drop-out (effect)

CI

Size of effect
Harms/ unintended reported
Cost-effectiveness analysis

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13
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Significantly different pop/ setting

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All

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14
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Study design
Co RCT

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Co - appropriate for my Q
RCT - limitations

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15
Q

Important outcomes not studied

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SR RCT

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16
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Local harm: benefit

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Cohort
Case-control
SR - talked about? Your opinon?
RCT - better than existing? resources needed?

17
Q

Implications
Co CC

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Cohort - fit with other evidence, one not robust enough
Case-control - fit with other evidence

18
Q

Cohort - measurement of exposure

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Measurement or classification bias
- subjective or objective
- validated (measure what you want)
- same procedure to classify into groups

19
Q

Cohort - measurement of outcome

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Measurement or classification bias
- subjective or objective
- validated (measure what you want)
- reliable system to detect all cases
- similar measure method in both groups
- subjects/ assessor blinded to exposure

20
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Cohort - follow-up

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long enough for outcome to happen
effect of drop outs
link between people leaving

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