A priori
A priori comparisons are planned in advance of any data analysis. They are more reliable than post-hoc comparisons.
A priori comparisons are planned in advance of any data analysis. They are more reliable than post-hoc comparisons.
The difference in the event rate between control group (CER) and treated group (EER): ARR = CER – EER.
Used when randomising participants to treatment groups in an RCT. Allocation is concealed when neither the participants nor the researchers know or can predict to which group in a study (control or treatment) the patient is assigned. Allocation concealment takes place before the study begins as patients are being assigned. It is a sign of a robust study.
A unique bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. Covers the years from 1985 to present and is updated monthly.
To examine associations between variables—these may be hypothesised causal or therapeutic relations.
A statistical dependence between two or more events, characteristics or other variables. An association may be fortuitous or may be produced by various other circumstances; the presence of an association does not necessarily imply a causal relationship
“causal link between observed (or expected to be observed) changes and a specific intervention.”
WHO (2013) Evaluation Practice Handbook
apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/96311/1/9789241548687_eng.pdf
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