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- Title
Randomized controlled trials in psychiatry. Part 1: methodology and critical evaluation*.
- Authors
Porter, Richard; Frampton, Chris; Joyce, Peter R.; Mulder, Roger T.
- Abstract
Objective: To introduce clinicians to the methodology and critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in psychiatry. Method: The methodology of RCTs in psychiatry is discussed. Using a systematic approach to critical appraisal, a published RCT of treatments for severe depression is examined and evaluated. Results and Conclusions: The RCT appraised illustrates certain problematic areas in the methodology of trials in psychiatry. A detailed knowledge of methodology and critique of RCTs is essential in determining whether reported results will influence clinicians’ practice.
- Subjects
CLINICAL trials; PSYCHIATRY
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2003, Vol 37, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0004-8674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01175.x