Research: lecture 2 part 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
a tool to measure the quality of a RCT
PEDro
how is scoring on PEDro
0-10
6+ considered high quality study
tool to measure the quality of a study that investigates the diagnostic accuracy of a test
QUADAS
quality assessment of a diagnostic accuracy studies
QUADAS
how is QUADAS scored?
7+ out of 14 is a high quality study
key article components (8)
title
abstract
key words
introduction
methods
results
discussion
conclusion
authorship order
- first author
-design
-conceive study
-writes first draft
-partners with last author for drafts
-corresponding author-usually
2.last author/senior author
-experienced investigator who partners with first author in interpretatin,analysis, writing
3.second author
-major contribition
-sometimes the senior author
4.middle authors
-everyone who qualifies for authorship
for inclusion as an author ind normallly must make a substantial constribution to one or all
-conception of ideas or experimental design
-execution of study
-analysis or interpretation of data
-writing of manuscript
financial or personal relationship that may infuence author, reviewer or editor conflict of interst
conflict of interest
-study recieve funding from its manufacturer
key words
listing 3-7 recommended by authors as best search terms
how long is an abstract
limited to 150 words or less depends on journal
what does abstract address
primary purpose and none of secondary findings
note: research design included
parts of an abstract
-background/importance
-study purpose
-overview of methods
-main findings including effect sizes/statistical significance
-primary conclusions
what is a reputable journal?
-listed in major databases
-editorial board with chief editor
-clear description of peer review process
what part ends with “therefore the purpose of this study is to”
introduction
What is included in the introduction?
-statement of problem and clinical relevance
-review of lit and should discuss limitations of existing lit
-should state purpose and give hypothesis statementw
what should you be able to replicate at the end of this section
methods
what does methods include (4)
participants
instrumentation
procedures
data analysis
instrumentation can be broken into 2 parts
-intervention (specific type of exercise protocol)
-outcome measure (6 min walk test)
procedures should include
-study design
-written in time order
-details of test and txt application
-data collection methods
-timetable and organizational charts
what is a data analysis?
explain how data is handled, from beg to analyzing and addressing hypothesis statements
-include software and version
-power analysis
-alpha levels
should be adjusted as multiple test are conduction
what does alpha=.05 mean
5% chance that their results will be wrong just due to chance
does results include the authors interpretation of the results?
NOOOO
results should include
participants
-demographic
-attrition/intention to treat
statistical results
-approprite stat test
-results explained clearly
