Please read the Assessment Brief carefully and add here the information as asked in the Assessment Brief before you start writing in these Tables. Y
Please read the Assessment Brief carefully and add here the information as asked in the Assessment Brief before you start writing in these Tables. You must give the in-text citations and then the reference list at the end of the Assessment. You need to provide one reference list for all three study designs.
Table 1 Cross-sectional study: (Give the title and its in- text citation)
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
1. Were the criteria for inclusion in the sample clearly defined? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
2. Were the study subjects and the setting described in detail? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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3.Was the exposure measured in a valid and reliable way? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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4.Were objective, standard criteria used for measurement of the condition? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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5.Were confounding factors identified? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
6.Were strategies to deal with confounding factors stated? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
7.Were the outcomes measured in a valid and reliable way? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
8.Was appropriate statistical analysis used? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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Table 2 Case-control study: (Give the title and its in- text citation)
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
1.Did the study address a clearly focused issue? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
2. Did the authors use an appropriate method to answer their question? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
3. Were the cases recruited in an acceptable way? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
4. Were the controls selected in an acceptable way? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
5. Was the exposure accurately measured to minimise bias? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
6. Aside from the experimental intervention, were the groups treated equally? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
7. Have the authors taken account of the potential confounding factors in the design and/or in their analysis? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
8. How large was the treatment effect? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
9. How precise was the estimate of the treatment effect? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
10. Do you believe the results? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
11. Can the results be applied to the local population? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
12. Do the results of this study fit with other available evidence? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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Table 3 Cohort study: (Give the title and its in- text citation)
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
1.Did the study address a clearly focused issue? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
2.Was the cohort recruited in an acceptable way? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
3.Was the exposure accurately measured to minimise bias? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
4.Was the outcome accurately measured to minimise bias? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
5(a)Have the authors identified all important confounding factors? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
5(b)Have they taken account of the confounding factors in the design and/or analysis? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
6(a)Was the follow up of subjects complete enough? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
6(b)Was the follow up of subjects long enough? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
7.What are the results of this study? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
8.How precise are the results? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
9.Do you believe the results? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
10.Can the results be applied to the local population? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
11. Do the results of this study fit with other available evidence? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
12.What are the implications of this study for practice? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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Table 4 Randomised controlled trial: (Give the title and its in- text citation)
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
1. Did the trial address a clearly focused research question? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
2. Was the assignment of patients to interventions randomised? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
3. Were all of the patients who entered the trial properly accounted for at its conclusion? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
4. Were participants, investigators and people assessing/analysing outcome/s blinded to intervention? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
5. Were the groups similar at the start of the randomised controlled trial? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
6. Apart from the experimental intervention, did each study group receive the same level of care (that is, were they treated equally)? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
7. Were the effects of intervention reported comprehensively? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
8. Was the precision of the estimate of the intervention or treatment effect reported? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
9. Do the benefits of the experimental
intervention outweigh the harms and costs? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
10. Can the results be applied to your local
population/in your context? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
Critical appraisal questions Select your answer
11. Would the experimental intervention provide greater value to the people in your care than any of the existing interventions? Yes/No/Unclear
Evidence: justification, compare and contrasting or/and providing solution
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