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Titolo |
The Essential Guide to N-of-1 Trials in Health / / edited by Jane Nikles, Geoffrey Mitchell |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine |
Pharmacotherapy |
Psychology |
Statistics |
Pharmacy |
Biomedicine, general |
Psychology, general |
Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Introduction -- What are N-of-1 trials?- N-of-1 trials in the behavioural sciences -- N-of-1 trials in medical contexts -- Aggregated N-of-1 trials -- Methodological considerations for N-of-1 trials -- Randomization, allocation concealment and blinding -- Data collection and quality control -- Individual reporting of N-of-1 trials to patients and clinicians -- Assessing and reporting adverse events -- Research ethics and N-of-1 trials -- Statistical analysis of N-of-1 trials -- The economics of N-of-1 trials -- Reporting N-of-1 trials to professional audiences -- Single patient open trials -- Systematic review and meta-analysis using N-of-1 trials -- Where are N-of-1 trials headed?- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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N-of-1 trials, a type of individualized randomized controlled trial, are relevant to almost every discipline in medicine and psychology. They can tell the clinician with precision whether a treatment works in that individual, which distinguishes from the information available from |
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most other trial designs. They have the potential to revolutionize the way clinical medicine is practiced. Whether you are a busy clinician, a researcher or a student, this book provides everything you need to know about N-of-1 trials. Written and edited by some of the world’s leading experts on N-of-1 trials, the book presents state of the art knowledge about N-of-1 trials, with chapters on ethics, statistics, health economics, design, analysis and reporting, and more. Full of examples and well illustrated, it is a comprehensive compendium of issues surrounding the design, conduct, interpretation and implementation of N-of-1 trials in a health system. |
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