Making Sense of Critical Appraisal

Olajide Ajetunmobi MB BS MRCPsych is a Consultant in Psychiatry, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool, UK

Introduction 1. Basic stats 2. Relevant study design issues 3. Critical appraisal of studies on diagnostic tests 4. Critical appraisal of cross-sectional surveys 5. Critical appraisal of prospective studies 6. Critical appraisal of retrospective studies 7. Critical appraisal of randomized clinical trials 8. Handling survival time data 9. Critical appraisal of systematic reviews 10. Critical appraisal of clinical audit 11. Critical appraisal of economic evaluations 12. Critical appraisal of qualitative studies