Foundations of Clinical Research Applications to Practice

by Portney, Leslie Gross; Watkins, Mary P.

• ISBN13: 9780131716407
• ISBN10: 0131716409
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-31
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Dr. Leslie Portney is the Director of Graduate Programs in Physical Therapy for the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Leslie graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the MGH Institute, a PhD in Gerontology from Boston University, a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Medical College of Virginia, and a Certificate in Physical Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed physical therapist in both New York and Massachusetts.  Leslie has authored a multitude of books and has contributed to a variety of different publications including the PT—Magazine of Physical Therapy.  Leslie is currently a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and on the Task Force on Uniform Outcomes Assessment.

 

Dr. Mary Watkins is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Graduate Programs in Physical Therapy for the MGH Institute of Health Professions.  Mary graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the MGH Institute and a Master of Science from Boston University.  Mary is a licensed physical therapist in Massachusetts, a member of the American Physical Therapy Association. Mary has authored many book chapters and contributed to a number of different publications including the Journal of Hand Therapy, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation and the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 

Table of Contents

Foundations of Clinical Research

A Concept of Clinical Research

The Role of Theory in Clinical Research

Ethical Issues in Clinical Research

Concepts of Measurement

Principles of Measurement

Reliability of Measurements

Validity of Measurements

Designing Clinical Research

Asking the Research Question

Sampling

Validity in Experimental Design

Experimental Designs

Quasi-Experimental Designs

Single Subject Designs

Exploratory Research: Observational Designs

Descriptive Research

Surveys and Questionnaires

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Data Analysis

Descriptive Analysis

Statistical Inference

Comparing Two Means: The t-test

Comparing More Than Two Means: Analysis of Variance

Multiple Comparison Tests

Nonparametric Tests for Group Comparisons

Correlation

Regression

Measures of Association for Categorical Variables: Chi-Square

Statistical Measures of Reliability

Statistical Measures of Validity

Epidemiology: Measures of Risk

Multivariate Analysis

Data Management

Communication

Writing a Research Proposal

Reporting the Results of Clinical Research

Evaluating Research Reports

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