HLSC 3473U Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Evidence-Based Practice, Physical Therapy
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Developed by the physiotherapy evidence database to determine the quality of clinical trials. Consists of a checklist of 10 scored yes or no questions. Eligibility criteria were specified: source of subjects, inclusion and exclusion criteria. Person who determined that a subject is eligible for inclusion is unaware of which group the subject is allocated to. The groups were similar at baseline regarding most important prognostic indicators. Subject did not know which group allocated to. Placebo and hawthorne effect: hawthorne acts in accordance to how the research wants you to. There was blinding of all therapists who administered the therapy. Criterion 7 there was blinding of all assessors who measured at least one key outcome. Measure of at least one key outcome were obtained from at least 85% of subjects initially allocated to groups. All subjects for whom outcome measures were available received the treatment or control condition as allocated or where this was not the case, intention to treat.
