How do you know which healthcare research you can trust?

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• Format Texts
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Further education, Self-directed learning
• Difficulty Introductory

Key Concepts addressed

• 2-1a Comparison groups should be similar
• 2-1c Comparison groups should be treated equally
• 2-1d People should not know which treatment they get
• 2-1e Peoples' outcomes should be assessed similarly
• 1-2e Comparisons are needed to identify treatment effects

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

View the guide here