ASLS 615 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Confidence Interval, Electronic Body Music, Language Disorder
27 Sep 2016
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Learning objectives: describe why, when, and how to complete a critical appraisal of diagnostic evidence (cade) How will we apply this information: practical. Making decisions about instruments to use with individuals. Making decisions about how to use instruments to get the information we want. Pico with cade: p patient/problem, i index measure, c comparison, o classification accuracy (outcome) Critical appraisal of diagnostic evidence (cade: foreground question (pico format) concerning research evidence on screening and diagnostic indicators or measures, 13 specific points to consider, overall judgments of the validity and importance, clinical bottom line. Cade appraisal points to rate: 1. was there a plausible rationale for the index (new measure?, 2. The best available method for establishing presence or absence of the target condition (bossuyt et al. , 2003: 3. Were the index measure, reference standard, and testing procedures described clearly: 5. Were the index measure and reference standard administered independently: 6.
