How do you know which healthcare research you can trust?

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Language/s: English

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Target Audience: Postgraduate and professional

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Undergraduate

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Journalists and science writers

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Short Description:

A detailed guide to study design, with learning objectives, explaining some sources of bias in health studies.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 2-6 転帰は同等に評価する必要があります
• 2-2 比較群は同等でなければなりません
• 2-1 治療効果を特定するためには比較が必要です
• 2-5 自分がどの治療を受けたのかを知るべきではありません
• 2-4 比較群は同等の治療を受ける必要があります

Details

A detailed guide to study design, with learning objectives, explaining some sources of bias in health studies.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Define healthy user bias in health care research and means to reduce it
• Assess means to reduce selection bias in health care research
• Assess how to overcome confounding factors by indication in health care research
• Evaluate social desirability bias and history bias in health care research

Soumerai SB, Starr D, Majumdar SR. How Do You Know Which Health Care Effectiveness Research You Can Trust? A Guide to Study Design for the Perplexed. Prev Chronic Dis 2015;12:150187. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150187

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