Information; Quality not Quantity Flashcards
What is evidence based medicine?
The use of the best evidence in science to provide the best care to the individual patient
List some potential sources of bias
Selection bias - Selection of individuals that differs from the population
Funding bias - Tendency of a paper to support the interests of the financial supporter
Citation bias - Tendency to cite papers that are in favour of the report rather than not in favour
Reporting bias - selecting or suppressing certain results
What is a systematic review?
It attempts to identify, appraise and synthesis all empirical evidence that meets specific eligibility criteria to answer a given research question.
What is trial exclusion and inclusion?
Inclusion - Characteristics that subjects must have to be included in the study
Exclusion - Characteristics that disqualify patients from the trial
What is meta-analysis?
Where the results of individual studies are combined to produce an overall statistic
What are 95% confidence intervals
They describe the uncertainty of the estimate. Wide confidence intervals means there is a lower level of confidence
