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== Where to look == | |||
*Systematic Reviews - Cochrane, DARE | |||
*Critically Appraised Topics | |||
*Speciality Specific POEMs | |||
*Critically Appraised Individucal Articles | |||
*Textbooks | |||
*Journal Articles | |||
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Revision as of 15:03, 27 May 2009
Original Editor - Rachael Lowe
Lead Editors - Your name will be added here if you are a lead editor on this page. Read more.
Where to look
- Systematic Reviews - Cochrane, DARE
- Critically Appraised Topics
- Speciality Specific POEMs
- Critically Appraised Individucal Articles
- Textbooks
- Journal Articles
Levels of evidence
This has been adapted from Sackett, Straus and Richardson (2000)[1]
| Level of Evidence |
Type of Study |
| 1a |
Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) |
| 1b |
Individual RCTs with narrow confidence interval |
| 2a |
Systematic reviews of cohort studies |
| 2b |
Individual cohort studies and low-quality RCTs |
| 3a |
Systematic reviews of case-control studies |
| 3b |
Case-controlled studies |
| 4 | Case series and poor-quality cohort and case-control studies |
| 5 | Expert opinion |
References
- ↑ Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 2nd ed. Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Inc; 2000:173-177.