Tools
“It takes an average of 17 years for 14% of research to translate into practice. Many patients, as a result, experience significant delays or never get offered interventions proven to improve health.” (Institute of Human Virology – Baltimore)
At EPAdb we’ve gathered some tools and resources to help our users to, both, quickly appraise papers, and support their research, hoping that it facilitates clinical decision making and investigations.
• Levels of Evidence
From 1 to 5, and a to c, to “…give the advice, but alert the advisees to the flaws in the evidence on which it is based”.
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• GIN-McMaster Guideline Development Checklist
“.. for those interested in beginning, enhancing or evaluating their guideline development process”.
• CONSORT Statement for rehabilitation and other non-farmacologic treatment interventions
CONSORT stands for Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials.
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• Clinical Trials Toolkit
“…an interactive colour-coded routemap to help navigate through the legal and good practice arrangements surrounding setting up and managing a Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product”.
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• Evidence Essentials
“…A free online resource offering an introduction to health evidence, and how to use it to make informed health choices.”
• search and get free access to “… a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other proprietary publications…”
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• Critical Appraisal Questionnaires
• App for Android or Iphone
• Rapid Evidence Assessment
For “…carefully and systematically assessing the outcome of scientific research (evidence) to judge its trustworthiness, value and relevance…”.
