Title
Critical analysis of biomedical literature
Other title
[Análisis crítico de la literatura biomédica]
Date Issued
01 June 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Manterola C.
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Publisher(s)
Universidad de la Frontera
Abstract
Given the large number of publications, it is a problem to choose a study to respond to clinical problems with a good level of evidence. This requires following a scientific methodology, defining and limiting the problem, transforming it into a question, applying a search strategy in an appropriate source of information and finally, analyzing the information and summarizing the evidence found. Specific tools for analize the evidence had been develop. They are known as reading guides, Reader's Guides or Users' Guides, of which there are distinct formats, but in general, they give the necessary guidelines for the critical analysis of the different tipes of biomedical articles. These tools assess three key areas of study: internal validity, impact and external validity. The areas above mentioned are practically evaluated applying a user's guide to articles relating to treatment, as an example to a study published in a prestigious scientific journal.
Start page
599
End page
607
Volume
32
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la salud
Medicina básica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84904246590
Source
International Journal of Morphology
ISSN of the container
07179367
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus