Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies

Format: 2-2 Comparison groups should be similar

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Language/s: 3-6 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Short Description:

An introduction to assessing risk of bias using the Cochrane ‘Risk of Bias Tool’.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-1 Treatments can harm
• 1-10 Hope may lead to unrealistic expectations
• 1-12 Dramatic treatment effects are rare
• 1-8 More is not necessarily better

Details

Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies

• What is Bias?
• Sources of Bias in Clinical Trials
• The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool

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