Health Research Evidence Sources

Peer-reviewed journal articles, Books, Conference proceedings, Government documents, Websites, Clinical practice guidelines, Experts' opinions.

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<p>Users who are just looking for descriptive statistics and basic measures of public health may not need very detailed and complicated analyses. Articles may need a subscription to a journal or database to be accessed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Original research papers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gray literature is often not peer-reviewed, which means it has not been evaluated by experts in the field.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can assess multiple outcomes and examine rare exposures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prospective cohort studies start with a group of individuals without the outcome of interest and follow them over time, collecting data on exposures and tracking the occurrence of the outcome. Retrospective cohort studies use existing data to identify a group with a specific exposure and look back in time to determine the outcome status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Case-control studies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are useful for investigating rare diseases or outcomes with long latency periods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cross-sectional studies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They cannot establish causality or temporal relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Case-control studies compare a group without the complication to a group diagnosed with the complication. In retrospective cohort studies, we examine the exposure history of a group of people with the complication and the exposure history of a group without the complication and compare the two.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Case reports are detailed descriptions of individual patients with unusual or noteworthy presentations or outcomes. They are valuable for generating hypotheses or identifying rare adverse events, but they do not provide strong evidence for causation due to their anecdotal nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expert opinions can provide valuable insights based on their expertise, but they should be considered in conjunction with other forms of evidence, such as clinical trials or systematic reviews, to make informed clinical decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Original research</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Narrative reviews summarise research on a topic and discuss its current condition and future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Narrative reviews</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Methodologies or methods papers present new experimental methods, tests, or procedures that represent either entirely novel approaches or improvements upon existing methods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bibliographic databases</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clinical trial databases</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient databases contain information on patients, such as their medical history, medications, and test results. They can be used to track patient outcomes and to identify patterns of disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It means that the journal is included in a database that catalogues and indexes scholarly publications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are typically more rigorous than subscription journals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cost of publishing in open access journals can be prohibitive for some authors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a measure of the frequency with which a journal's articles are cited in other research articles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Other factors include the peer-review process, the reputation of the publisher, the journal's scope and focus, and the journal's adherence to ethical guidelines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To understand how a journal ranks within its field based on its impact factor or other bibliometric measures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It means the organization is responsible for acquiring, organizing, storing, maintaining, and making the data available to authorized users.</p> Signup and view all the answers