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

• Autore: Jadad Alejandro R
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.5072/4; 615.50724
• Soggetto topico: Clinical trials
• Altri autori: EnkinMurray JadadAlejandro R
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Randomized controlled trials
• ISBN: 1-281-06922-1; 9786611069223; 0-470-69192-1; 0-470-76616-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208301703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno