This blog critically appraises a randomized controlled trial looking at the effectiveness of eccentric exercises in combination with PRP injections versus saline injection.
Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (3.1 – 3.6). These set of key concepts help people to make informed choices about treatments
Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (2.1 – 2.18). These set of key concepts help people understand whether comparisons of treatments are fair and reliable
Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (concepts 1.1 – 1.12). These set of key concepts help people to recognise an unreliable basis for treatment claims.
We are delighted to introduce the German translations of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos. Thank you to 4th year Physiotherapy students from the University of hochschule 21 and Cordula Braun.
This is a Portuguese translation of the seventh in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Lucas Mello Netto and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.
This blog discusses how people with an interest in promoting a treatment (in addition to wanting to help people), such as making money, may promote treatments by exaggerating benefits and ignoring potential harmful effects. Conversely, people may be opposed to a treatment for a range of reasons, such as cultural practices.
What is the evidence that having high cholesterol, or high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels, increases your chance of getting heart disease?
This is a Portuguese translation of the sixth in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Leonardo Guimarães Fernandes and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.
This blog explains that doctors, researchers, patient organisations and other authorities often disagree about the effects of treatments. It explains why we should not rely on the opinions of experts or other authorities about the effects of treatments, unless they clearly base their opinions on the findings of systematic reviews of fair comparisons of treatments.
A Finnish translation (thank you to Eveliina Ilola) of the nuts and bolts 20 minute tutorial from Tim Hicks: A beginner’s guide to interpreting odds ratios, confidence intervals and p-values.
This is the final blog in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 key concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims.
Decisions about whether or not to use a treatment should be informed by the balance between the potential benefits and the potential harms, costs and other advantages and disadvantages of the treatment.
This is the thirty-fifth blog in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 key concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims.
The certainty of the evidence (the extent to which the research provides a good indication of the likely effects of treatments) can affect the treatment decisions people make. For example, someone might decide not to use or to pay for a treatment if the certainty of the evidence is low or very low.
This is the thirty-fourth blog in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 key concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims.
Comparisons designed to evaluate whether a treatment can work under ideal circumstances may not reflect what you can expect under usual circumstances.
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This blog takes a detailed look at the issue of attrition bias (bias that can arise when participants drop out of a study). It also describes measures that can be taken by researchers to minimize this bias (including different types of statistical analyses).
Critical appraisal tools (CATs) are commonly used by students and researchers alike, as a way of judging a study’s quality. In this blog, Dennis Neuen addresses the need to appraise these tools and has also collated a list of 12 CATs from all over the world.
The nuts and bolts 20 minute tutorial from Tim.