Guide to evidence-based physical therapist practice / Dianne V. Jewell.

Author/creator Jewell, Dianne V. author.
Format Electronic
EditionFifth edition.
PublicationBurlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2023]
Description1 online resource (748 pages)
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
Subjects

Contents Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice -- What is Evidence? -- The Quest for Evidence : Getting Started -- Questions, Theories, and Hypotheses -- Research Design -- Research Subjects -- Variables and Their Measurement -- Measurement Reliability and Validity -- Validity in Research Designs -- Unraveling Statistical Mysteries : Description -- Unraveling Statistical Mysteries : Inference -- Appraising Evidence About Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Measures -- Appraising Evidence About Prognostic (Risk) Factors -- Appraising Evidence About Interventions -- Appraising Evidence About Clinical Prediction Rules -- Appraising Outcomes Research -- Appraising Evidence About Self-Report Outcomes Measures -- Appraising Collections of Evidence : Systematic Reviews -- Appraising Collections of Evidence : Clinical Practice Guidelines -- Appraising Qualitative Research Studies -- Patient or Client Preferences and Values -- Putting It All Together.
Abstract "Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice teaches the knowledge and skills to evaluate medical evidence and apply it to the practice of physical therapy. It explains the fundamentals of medical research and how to determine which studies are useful in practice. Topics including understanding what constitutes evidence, searching efficiently for applicable evidence in the literature, evaluating the findings in the literature, and integrating the evidence with clinical judgment and individual patient preferences and values"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteDescription based upon print version of record.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formPrint version: Jewell, Dianne V. Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice Burlington : Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC,c2022 9781284247541
ISBN9781284247558
ISBN1284247554

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