Editorial Review:

Provides the foundations that are necessary for finding and interpreting research evidence across all healthcare professions. Revised to reflect the most current changes in the field of clinical research in rehabilitation and medicine, including the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) that has become central to all of health care and the new vocabulary that is being integrated into research and practice across disciplines. There is also a new chapter on systematic reviews and meta-analysis as well as expanded content related to clinical decision making, including likelihood ratios, pretest and posttest probabilities, minimally important change and number needed to treat.  For those in the health professions, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nursing, and exercise physiology.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Satisfied customer:

While the delivery took a little longer than I anticipated, the book I ordered was in excellent condition. Would buy from this vendor again. Thanks!

Foundations of Clinical research:

This is one of the basic book to clinical pactitioners. is very simple to apply the criteria and is very clear to novice researchers.

Practical, and clearly written:

Although I have used this text as a reference (vs. reading it all the way through, or for a class) I have found myself returning to it often. In fact, I purchased it only because I had started to wear out the copy I had borrowed from a friend...and she was missing it because she used it frequently, too. The best aspect of this text is the way the authors use examples relevant to clinical research for nearly every statistical decision. No more extrapolating from educational research, medical research...I... more info

User-friendly and well-organized:

This is a book that I have used often through my graduate career. It served as a great textbook for a course I was taking and as supplementary material for other other courses on Statistics, Design and Research Methods.
Well-organized and easy-to-read, it has become my first line-of-defense for all things related to research design. It covers the material in adequate detail so you have a good jumping off point in case you need to grab your SAS manual or your Stats text.

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