Is evidence-based psychiatry ethical? by Gupta Mona

Author:Gupta, Mona
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

5.2.1 Prognostic Homogeneity

In Evidence-based medicine, one of the basic critical appraisal criteria by which to evaluate studies of treatments is whether ‘. . . the groups were similar in all prognostically important ways at the start of the trial’ (Straus et al. 2011: 172). Homogeneity of this type involves having similarities in severity of disease, overall health status, and sociodemographic factors that are presumed to be relevant to outcome.

5.2.1.1 Combinations of Diagnostic Criteria

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