Answered By: Rebecca Eyres Last Updated: Nov 27, 2020 Views: 1
Answered By: Rebecca Eyres
Last Updated: Nov 27, 2020 Views: 1
Research output comes in all shapes and sizes, and can vary in quality, some more robust and rigorous than others.
An evidence hierarchy, often referred to in evidence based medicine, provides a top-down scale whereby you first search for a recent well-conducted systematic review and if that is not available, then move down to the next level of evidence to answer your question.
Evidence further down the scale may have a greater risk of bias.
Higher Quality Evidence (Lower risk of bias) |
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials |
Randomised controlled trials | |
Cohort studies | |
Case-controlled studies | |
Cross-sectional studies, surveys | |
Case reports, case studies | |
|
Mechanistic studies |
Lower Quality of Evidence
(Higher risk of bias) |
Editorials, expert opinion |
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