Understanding Clinical Papers [Paperback]

For two decades,?Understanding Clinical Papers?has been helping?students and professionals?understand?the?research that supports?evidence-based practice. Now in its fourth edition, this popular?introductory?textbook?covers every?major?aspect of?reading?and evaluating?clinical research literature, from identifying the aims and objectives of a paper to?analysing?the data with different multivariable methods.?Numerous?excerpts?from actual clinical?research?papers?make?learning?real and immediate,?supported by a unique visual approach that reinforces?key points and connects?examples?with the chapter material.?

The fourth edition?includes extensively?revised content throughout,?including?four brand-new chapters covering qualitative/studies, Poisson regression, studies of complex interventions, and research using?previously?collected data.?New and updated material?discusses?the?difference between clinical and statistical significance, the consequences of multiple testing/and methods of correction,?how/topic guides are used to explore and explain participants' experiences, standardised guidelines for writing trials and reviews, and much more. Offering clear explanations of important research-related topics, this reader-friendly resource:?

• Offers a clear, concise, and accessible approach to learning how to read and?analyse?clinical research literature?
• Features new?coverage?of?qualitative/research, including/descriptive studies,?sampling and populations,/and?identifying,?summarising, and measuring qualitative?characteristics??
• Provides new?material on missing data,?sub-group analysis,?feasibility and pilot studies, cluster?randomised?trials, and adaptive trial designs?
• Includes new tables, abstracts, and excerpts from recent clinical research literature?

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