Worksheet for Evaluating an Article About Therapy
| Guide | Comments |
| I. Will the results help me in caring for my patients? | |
| 1. Can the results be applied to my patient care? | |
| 2. Were all clinically important outcomes considered? | |
| 3. Are the likely benefits worth the potential harms and costs? | |
| II. Are the Results Valid? | |
| 1. Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized? | |
| 2. Were all patients who entered the trial
properly accounted for and attributed at its conclusion? a) Was follow-up complete? |
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| b) Were patients analyzed in the groups to which they were randomized | |
| 3. Were patients, health workers, and study personnel "blind" to treatment? | |
| 4. Were the groups similar at the start of the trial? | |
| 5. Aside from the experimental intervention, were the groups treated equally? | |
| III. What are the Results? | |
| 1. How large was the treatment effect? 2. How precise was the treatment effect? |
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