Critical Appraisal of Therapy
Critical Appraisal of Therapy
Critical Appraisal of Therapy
therapy
Dr.Nadira Abbas AL-Baghli
Therapy: fundamental
concept
You want to know if new
treatment works in the prognosis
of your patients.
Lost to follow-up
Affect validity
Pt may disappear may either
suffer adverse effect, or improved
Summery
?What are the results
X-Y= 0.2-0.15=0.05
Relative risk
RRR= (1-Y/X)
=1-0.75 ×100=25%
It means the new treatment
reduced the risk of death by 25%
relative to that occurring among
control pts
The more the RRR the more
effective the treatment
Number needed to treat
confidence interval
How can I apply the results to
?pt care