{"product_id":"understanding-clinical-papers-isbn-9781119573166","title":"Understanding Clinical Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor two decades, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Clinical Papers\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a clear, concise, and accessible approach to learning how to read and analyse clinical research literature \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures new coverage of qualitative research, including descriptive studies, sampling and populations, and identifying, summarising, and measuring qualitative characteristics  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new material on missing data, sub-group analysis, feasibility and pilot studies, cluster randomised trials, and adaptive trial designs \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new tables, abstracts, and excerpts from recent clinical research literature \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Clinical Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all healthcare professionals and students, particularly those involved in clinical work and medical research, as well as general readers wanting to improve their understanding of research literature. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Fourth Edition xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Setting the Scene: Who Did What, and Why 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Some Preliminaries 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Abstract and Introduction 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Aims and Objectives 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Design Matters: What Type of Study Is It? 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Descriptive Studies: Qualitative 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Descriptive Studies: Quantitative 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Analytic Studies 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Intervention Studies 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mixed Methods Research 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Studies of Complex Interventions 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Cast: Finding Out About the Subjects of the Research 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Research Setting 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Populations and Samples in Quantitative Research 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Research Using Already-Collected Data 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Sample in Qualitative Research 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Identifying and Defining Cases 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Controls and Comparisons 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Establishing The Facts: Starting With Basic Observations 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Identifying the Characteristics of Quantitative Data 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Summarizing the Characteristics of Quantitative Data 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Identifying and Summarising the Characteristics of Qualitative Data 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Measuring the Characteristics of Participants: Quantitative 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Measuring the Characteristics of Participants: Qualitative 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Diagnostic Tests: Measuring the Characteristics of Measures 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Measurement Scales 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Exploring and Explaining: Topic Guides 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Establishing More of the Facts: Some Common Ways of Describing Results 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Fractions, Proportions, and Rates 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Risks and Odds 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Ratios of Risks and Odds 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Analysing the Data: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Confidence Intervals for Means, Proportions, and Medians 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Confidence Intervals for Ratios 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Testing Hypotheses – The \u003ci\u003ep\u003c\/i\u003e-value 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Analysing the Data: Multivariable Methods 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Measuring Association 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Measuring Agreement 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Linear Regression 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Logistic Regression 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Poisson Regression 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Measuring Survival 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Analysing Qualitative Data 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Reading Between the Lines: How Authors Use Text, Tables, and Pictures to Tell You the Story 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Results in Text and Tables 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Results in Pictures 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Discussion and Conclusions 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 282\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID BOWERS,\u003c\/b\u003e Medical Statistician, University of Leeds Medical School, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALLAN HOUSE,\u003c\/b\u003e Professor, Director of Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID OWENS,\u003c\/b\u003e Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIDGETTE BEWICK,\u003c\/b\u003e Senior Lecturer in Health Research, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUNDERSTANDING CLINICAL PAPERS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOURTH EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor two decades, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Clinical Papers\u003c\/i\u003e has been helping students and professionals understand the research that supports evidence-based practice. 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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. 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