checklists Flashcards
What is the purpose of the NCT Number?
To reduce publication bias
Where would I find the NCT# in a report?
In the methods section of the paper
Searching clinicaltrials.gov would do what for me?
It’s an ICMJE acceptable public registry
The NIH Library of medicine collaborated with the FDA.
Why would we want to use checklists in evaluating research papers?
TO accurately asses the study, readers need to have a clear, transparent information base in the methodology and findings.
Checklist CONSORT stands for what?
CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials
When would you use a CONSORT checklist?
for randomized clinical trials
What does DOI stand for?
Digital Object Identifier
What type of trials would I use extension documents (CONSORT) design extensions?
non-inferiority
Equivalence trials
Cluster trials
Describe what checklist I would use for pragmatic trials, and what would the purpose of a pragmatic trial be?
CONSORT for pragmatic trials.
Purpose of a pragmatic trial is to inform decisions about clinical practice, the philosophy is a continuum, not a dichotomy
Interventional studies use what type of checklist?
PRISMA
What does PRISMA stand for and when it is used?
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis
It is used for interventional studies
-multiple randomized trials
STROBE checklists can be used for that type of study design?
Observational Studies
What does STROBE stand for?
Strength
Reporting
Observational studies
in Epidemiology
STROBE-ME is used for what type of studies?
Molecular epidemiology studies
STREGA is used for what type of studies
Genetic Association
