Foundations of clinical research : applications to practice / Leslie G. Portney, Mary P. Watkins 6
By: Portney, Leslie Gross 4 0 16 [, ] | [, ] |
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2009];copyright 200946Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 25 cm. xix, 892 pages : illustrations (some color), mapContent type: text Media type: unmediated;unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780132344708 (paperback : alkaline paper);013234470XISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Research;Methodology.;Research;Methodology.;methods.;methods.;Methodology. Medicine;Clinical medicine;Biomedical Research;Statistics as Topic;Research -- -- 20 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | LOC classification: | R850 | .P67 20092Other classification:| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Foundations of clinical research. A concept of clinical research -- The role of theory in clinical research -- Ethical issues in clinical research -- pt. II. Concepts of measurement. Principles of measurement -- Reliability of measurements -- Validity of measurements -- pt. III. Designing clinical research. Asking the research question -- Sampling -- Validity in experimental design -- Experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single subject designs -- Exploratory research: observational designs -- Descriptive research -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- pt. IV. Data analysis. Descriptive statistics -- Statistical inference -- Comparing two means: the t-test -- Comparing more than two means: analysis of variance -- Multiple comparison tests -- Nonparametric tests for group comparisons -- Correlation -- Regression -- Measures of association for categorical variables: chi-square -- Statistical measures of reliability -- Statistical measures of validity -- Epidemiology: measures of risk -- Multivariate analysis -- Data management -- pt. V. Communication. Searching the literature -- Writing a research proposal -- Reporting the results of clinical research -- Evaluating research reports -- Appendices : A. Statistical tables -- B. Relating the research question to the choice of statistical test -- C. Power and sample size -- D. Transformation of data -- E. Sample informed consent form.
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Provides the foundations that are necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. Revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, including the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) that has become central to all of health care and the new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines. There is also a new chapter on systematic reviews and meta-analysis as well as expanded content related to clinical decision making, including likelihood ratios, pretest and posttest probabilities, minimally important change and number needed to treat. For those in the health professions, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nursing, and exercise physiology.
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