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What to look for when reading a clinical research paper 📄👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
What to look for when reading a clinical research paper 📄👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
- Key information: title, journal published in, authors etc
- Research question (Think PICOT) & what type was it? Did they test for association, causation..?
- Hypothesis/aims/objective
- To help you understand it better, write down: outcome, predictor (exposure/risk factor..)
- Research question (Think PICOT) & what type was it? Did they test for association, causation..?
- Hypothesis/aims/objective
- To help you understand it better, write down: outcome, predictor (exposure/risk factor..)
- How did they define the outcome & exposure?
- How did they collect data?
- What is the type of the study? Think of why they chose this study design, weaknesses & strengths.
- Was the study designed appropriately?
- How did they collect data?
- What is the type of the study? Think of why they chose this study design, weaknesses & strengths.
- Was the study designed appropriately?
- Comment about internal & external validity (table 1 can help you & think of threats to internal validity as you read: selection bias, information bias etc)
- Table 1 is very important to understand the study population
- Table 1 is very important to understand the study population
- Check if there’s a flowchart you can follow for better understanding of inclusion/exclusion criteria
- Did they report a formal sample size & power calculation? Did they specify the confidence level?
- Did they report a formal sample size & power calculation? Did they specify the confidence level?
- Type of statistical analysis & measures of association/frequency. Were they appropriate?
- Interpret the results (check tables, figures & plots to understand better)
- Interpret the results (check tables, figures & plots to understand better)
- Did they analyze only what they mentioned early in the paper or was there something new that was introduced later on? Did they account for that statistically?
- Interpret the clinical relevance & significance of the results
- Interpret the clinical relevance & significance of the results
- Were there any limitations?
- Summarize!
- Don’t forget supplementary materials if you needed extra info
- Summarize!
- Don’t forget supplementary materials if you needed extra info
ملاحظة:
هذه النقاط العامة المهمة، قد تضاف عليها تفاصيل مهمة أخرى حسب نوع الدراسة.
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موفقين 🌷
هذه النقاط العامة المهمة، قد تضاف عليها تفاصيل مهمة أخرى حسب نوع الدراسة.
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