Critical appraisal is the process of deciding whether a piece of research can help you in answering your clinical question. There are three questions you need to ask about any kind of research:
Clearly, different kinds of research are different in terms of methodological validity, how they present their results and how they translate to an individual patient. The Centre has developed worksheets which take you through the most important questions for each type of research. You can access them by clicking the links below, or you view the whole lot by clicking here.
Worksheets for Diagnosis | Prognosis | Harm / Aetiology | Therapy | Systematic Reviews of therapy