Table 1 |
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Critical appraisal questions for a cohort study |
| Description of the study |
| 1. Patient/population |
| 2. Number |
| 3. Setting |
| 4. Intervention |
| 5. Comparison/control |
| 6. Outcomes |
| 7. Inclusion criteria |
| 8. Exclusion criteria |
| Study validity |
| 1. Were there any conflicts of interest in the writing or funding of this study? |
| 2. Does the study have a clearly focused question? |
| 3. Is a cohort study the appropriate method to answer this question? |
| 4. Does the study have specified inclusion/exclusion criteria? |
| 5. If there were specified inclusion/exclusion criteria, were these appropriate? |
| 6. Other than the exposure under investigation, were the groups selected from similar
populations? |
| 7. Aside from the exposure, were the groups treated the same? |
| 8. Was exposure measured in a standard, valid and reliable way? |
| 9. Were outcome assessors blind to the exposure? |
| 10. Were all outcomes measured in a standard, valid and reliable way? |
| 11. Were outcomes assessed objectively and independently? |
| 12. Is the paper free of selective outcome reporting? |
| 13. Were the outcomes measured appropriate? |
| 14. Was there sufficient duration of follow up? |
| 15. Was the study sufficiently powered to detect any differences between the groups? |
| 16. If statistical analysis was undertaken, was this appropriate? |
| 17. Were the groups similar at baseline with regards to key prognostic variables? |
| 18. What percentage of the individuals recruited into each arm of the study were lost
to follow up? |
| 19. What percentages of the individuals were not included in the analysis? |
| Other |
| 1. What is the overall risk of bias? |
| Results |
| Authors' conclusions |
| Our comments |
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Garrubba et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R177 doi:10.1186/cc8159 |
