Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
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CONSORT Guidelines
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systematic way to track journal particpants
2
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Research Design
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contamination of treatment, nutrion bias, noncompliance bias
3
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SAmpling bias
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includes both volunteer and non repsonsive bias
-volunteer prevents randomization and introduce bias
4
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Measurement bias
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- aqeuousness: when particpants want to be in agreement and excuse the data
- observer: documents and records the perosnal bias of what is observed
5
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ANalysis bias
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is type 1 or type 2 errors
6
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CLinical signficane
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the practical importance of researcher results in terms of whther they have genuine pathocal effects on patients or healthcare decisons made on their behalf
- focuses on patinet themself and their interpretations
7
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CHange scores
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look at alterations in a patient baseline to a folllowed value like wight or glucose
8
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group level study
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can be gaged with effect size index, confidence interval, number needed to treat
9
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Individual level
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- uses a benchmark to compare results
Min important change- either through the benmark or ask patinets what they think, count half a s deviation in a measure that is clinically significant only useful in individual comparision
