Research studies 2

Good clinical practice guidelines

Ethical and scientific quality standards for clinical trials

Good clinical practice guidelines

Lignes directrices de bonnes pratiques cliniques

Healthy

In good physical or mental condition

Healthy

En bonne santé

Unhealthy

En mauvaise santé

Unhealthy

Not in good health

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The characteristics that détermine who can or cannot participate in a study

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Critères d’inclusion et d’exclusion

Informed consent form

À document explaining the study and requesting voluntary participation

Informed consent form

Formulaire de consentement éclairé

Longitudinal study

À study conducted over a period of time with repeated observations

Longitudinal study

Étude longitudinale

Lost to follow up

Participants who cannot be contacted for final outcomes

Lost to follow up

Perdus de vue

Medication use

The use of prescribed or over the counter drugs

Medication use

Utiliation de médicaments

Meta-analysis

A statistical analysis that combines results from multiples studies

Meta-analysis

Méta analyse

Midwife (midwives)

A trained professional who helps women during childbirth

Midwife

Sage femme

Multi-centre / single-centre

Involving multiple study location / only one location

Multi-centre / single-centre

Multicentrique / monocentrique

Nocebo

À harmful effect caused by negative expectations

Nocebo

Nocebo

Non-inferiority

A type of trial showing a new treatment is not worse than an existing one

Non-inferiority

Non inferiorité

Null hypothesis

The assumption there is no effect or difference

Null hypothesis

Hypothèse nulle

Number needed to treat (NNT)

Numbers of patients needed to treat for one to benefit

Number needed to treat (NNT)

Nombre nécessaire pour traiter (NNT)

Observational study

A study where no intervention is applied

Observational study

Étude observationelle

Outcome

The result or effect measured in a study

Outcome

Résultat

Paired, matched, comparison

Comparison of similar subjects or groups

Paired, matched, comparison

Comparaison appariée

Paraclinical

Related to medical tests that supplement clinical findings

Paraclinical

Paraclinique

Parallel group study

Study with two or more groups treated at the same time

Parallel group study

Étude en groupes parallèles

Participate in

To take part in

Participate in

Participer à

Pilot study

À small-scale preliminary study

Pilot study

Étude pilote

Placebo

A harmless substance given to compare with an active drug

Population-based

Referring to a study sample drawn from a general population

Population-based

Basé sur la population

Powered / underpowered

Having sufficient / insifficiant sample size to detect an effect

Pre/post- registration

Before/after a participant is officially enrolled in a trial

Pre/post - registration

Avant/ après enregistrement

Powered / underpowered

Avec/ sans puissance statistique suffisante