Critical Appraisal Tools

Week 5, Monday, July 13

critical appraisal scale

_______ list specific criteria and assigns a numeric score at the end

PEDro scale, Jadad scale

list two critical appraisal scales

critical appraisal checklists

________ sere more as a guide when establishing study parameters

Physiotherapy Evidence Database

PEDro

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

CONSORT

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

PRISMA

Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy

SORT

CONSORT, PRISMA, SORT

list three critical appraisal checklists

participants; study

The CONSORT checklist is about the ______, while the PRISMA is about the ______

unified taxonomy

the SORT was intended to have a _____ ______

research article

In using a SORT, the level of evidence that is used is a critical evaluation of a _______ _____ that rates the quality of evidence

body of evidence

In using SORT, the grade of recommendation is given to a _____ __ _______ through an examination of a group of articles