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Understanding Clinical Papers [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 212 pages, aukštis x plotis: 245x199 mm, weight: 420 g, illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-Mar-2001
  • Leidėjas: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 047148976X
  • ISBN-13: 9780471489764
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 212 pages, aukštis x plotis: 245x199 mm, weight: 420 g, illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-Mar-2001
  • Leidėjas: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 047148976X
  • ISBN-13: 9780471489764
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Emphasis on evidence-based medicine has required clinicians to implement and collate information from clinical journals as part of their everyday work, yet the content of journal articles is often hard to comprehend and the validity of results and conclusions difficult to determine. This title takes a fresh and original approach to teach its readers the basic skills needed to read and understand a clinical paper
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  • Follows sequence of a typical pape
  • Concentrates on most complex areas of a pape

Understanding Clinical Papers explains all you ever needed to know to comprehend completely all aspects of a typical clinical research paper. It is for everyone involved directly, or indirectly, in health care; an ultimate guide for those who read clinical literature

Recenzijos

"...this book is an excellent review of the components of a clinical paper and a worthwhile reference work." (Applied Clinical Trials, December 2001) "I would recommend this publication to student nurses" (Primary Health Care, November 2001) "clearly written utilizing real papers as examples" (Oncology, Vol.62, No.1, 2002) "This friendly informal paperback book is a bargain at the price" (Quality in Health Care, December 2001) "This is a most useful book which I would recommend in particular for students of all disciplines and practitioners involved in research activity." (Accident Emergency Nursing, January 2002) "Any one of us reading clinical literature, preparing or reviewing material for publication would find this guide extremely useful and easy to read. I think that probably covers just about all of us!" (Pharmaceutical Physician, March 2002) "...The results and concepts are explained simply and clearly..." (NeLH, 25 July 2002)

Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
PART I SETTING THE SCENE: WHO DID WHAT, AND WHY 1(14)
Some Preliminaries
3(4)
The Introduction
7(4)
The Objectives
11(4)
PART II DESIGN MATTERS: WHAT TYPE OF STUDY ARE YOU READING ABOUT? 15(22)
Descriptive Studies
17(6)
Analytic Studies
23(8)
Intervention Studies
31(6)
PART III THE CAST: FINDING OUT ABOUT THE SUBJECTS OF THE RESEARCH 37(18)
The Research Setting
39(4)
Populations and Samples
43(4)
Identifying and Defining Cases
47(4)
Controls and Comparisons
51(4)
PART IV ESTABLISHING THE FACTS: STARTING WITH BASIC OBSERVATIONS 55(32)
Identifying the Characteristics of Data
57(10)
Summarising the Characteristics of Data
67(8)
Measuring the Characteristics of Subjects
75(6)
Measuring the Characteristics of Measures
81(6)
PART V ESTABLISHING MORE OF THE FACTS: SOME COMMON WAYS OF DESCRIBING RESULTS 87(28)
Fractions, Proportions and Rates
89(2)
Risk and Odds
91(4)
Ratios of Risk and Odds
95(6)
Confidence Intervals for Means, Proportions and Medians
101(8)
Confidence Intervals for Ratios
109(6)
PART VI GETTING INTO DATA ANALYSIS: HOW WHY STATISTICAL TESTS ARE USED, AND OTHER MATTERS 115(56)
Hypothesis Tests and p-Values
117(10)
Measuring Association
127(8)
Measuring Agreement
135(6)
Linear Regression
141(10)
Logistic Regression
151(4)
Proportional (Cox) Regression
155(2)
Systematic Reviewing and Meta-analysis
157(8)
Measuring Survival
165(6)
PART VII READING BETWEEN THE LINES: HOW AUTHORS USE TEXT, TABLES AND PICTURES TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE DONE 171(22)
Results in Text and Tables
173(8)
Results in Pictures
181(8)
The Discussion and the Conclusions
189(4)
References 193(4)
Index 197