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Record Nr.

UNISA996208301703316

Autore

Jadad Alejandro R

Titolo

Randomized controlled trials [[electronic resource] ] : questions, answers, and musings / / Alejandro R. Jadad, Murray W. Enkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-06922-1

9786611069223

0-470-69192-1

0-470-76616-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EnkinMurray

JadadAlejandro R

Disciplina

615.5072/4

615.50724

Soggetti

Clinical trials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev ed. of: Randomised controlled trials / Alejandro R. Jadad. 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Randomized controlled trials: the basics -- Types of randomized controlled trials -- Bias in randomized controlled trials -- Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: why, what, how, and by whom? -- Reporting and interpreting individual trials: the essentials -- From individual trials to groups of trials: reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines -- From trials to decisions: the basis of evidence-based health care -- Ethics and clinical trials: are they compatible? -- Reprise: more musings.

Sommario/riassunto

Randomized controlled trials are one of the most powerful and revolutionary tools of research. This book is a convenient and accessible description of the underlying principles and practice of randomized controlled trials and their role in clinical decision-making. Structured in a jargon-free question-and-answer format, each chapter provides concise and understandable information on a different aspect of randomized controlled trials, from the basics of trial design and terminology to the interpretation of results and their use in driving evidence-based medicine. The authors end each chap