Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research

Assessment of internal validity safeguards implemented by researchers has been used to examine the potential reliability of evidence generated within a study. These safeguards protect against systematic error, and such an assessment has traditionally been called a quality assessment. When the result...

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Main Author: Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (author)
Other Authors: Xu, Chang (author), Hasan, Syed Shahzad (author), Doi, Suhail A. (author)
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.044
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435620311380
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/17298
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Furuya-Kanamori L, Xu C, Hasan SS, Doi SA. Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:172-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.044
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systematic error
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description Assessment of internal validity safeguards implemented by researchers has been used to examine the potential reliability of evidence generated within a study. These safeguards protect against systematic error, and such an assessment has traditionally been called a quality assessment. When the results of a quality assessment are translated through some empirical construct to the potential risk of bias, this has been termed a risk of bias assessment. The latter has gained popularity and is commonly used interchangeably with the term quality assessment. This key concept paper clarifies the differences between these assessments and how they may be used and interpreted when assessing clinical evidence for internal validity.
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spelling Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical researchFuruya-Kanamori, LuisXu, ChangHasan, Syed ShahzadDoi, Suhail A.Bias assessmentRisk of biasQuality assessmentInternal validitysystematic errorAssessment of internal validity safeguards implemented by researchers has been used to examine the potential reliability of evidence generated within a study. These safeguards protect against systematic error, and such an assessment has traditionally been called a quality assessment. When the results of a quality assessment are translated through some empirical construct to the potential risk of bias, this has been termed a risk of bias assessment. The latter has gained popularity and is commonly used interchangeably with the term quality assessment. This key concept paper clarifies the differences between these assessments and how they may be used and interpreted when assessing clinical evidence for internal validity.Elsevier2021-01-13T05:30:02Z2021-01-31Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.044Furuya-Kanamori L, Xu C, Hasan SS, Doi SA. Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:172-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.0440895-4356https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435620311380http://hdl.handle.net/10576/172981291878-5921enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/172982025-06-10T19:07:29Z
spellingShingle Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis
Bias assessment
Risk of bias
Quality assessment
Internal validity
systematic error
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title Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
title_full Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
title_fullStr Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
title_full_unstemmed Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
title_short Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
title_sort Quality versus Risk-of-Bias assessment in clinical research
topic Bias assessment
Risk of bias
Quality assessment
Internal validity
systematic error
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.044
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435620311380
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/17298