Exam 2: Answering a Clinically Relevant Question

Applicability refers to how relevant the clinical evidence is to your typical population of clients.

The Cochrane Collaborative is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews that have been assessed for quality.

What is an example of an outcome measure? Select all that apply.

What is the name of the database that allows a researcher to identify which later articles cite any particular earlier article, or the articles of any particular author, or which articles are cited most frequently?

PICO is a model to find appropriate evidence to answer a specific question. PICO stands for _____________________________________________________________

The dependent variable refers to the aspects of a patient's health or fitness that are expected to change in response to an intervention in the clinical question.

What are examples of electronic databases? Select all that apply.

Which is the correct order of the following? ___________Relevance ___________Validity ___________Applicability

The term that refers to the number of people needed to be treated so that one person experiences a benefit is called ________________________.

When assessing clinical relevance, which of the following questions should be asked? Select all that apply.

Validity is defined as the degree to which the results are true and whether the study demonstrated what it intended to establish.

In diagnostic studies, validity refers to the study's ability to establish a cause-and-effect relationship.

The term that refers to investigating diagnostic or screening tests in patients or clients in the clinical question is called ________________________.

Author searches can be useful in tracking updates.

What is the name of the database of more than 500 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines?

Which is NOT one of the areas critical to clinical practice that should be assessed when determining your effectiveness in using the evidence-based process?

When a practitioner identifies a goal for a client, the practitioner needs to ensure it matches the clinical goal of the client.

Which kind of validity is clinical relevance associated with?