Critical Appraisal tools
Critical appraisal is the systematic evaluation of clinical research papers in order to establish:
- Does this study address a clearly focused question?
- Did the study use valid methods to address this question?
- Are the valid results of this study important?
- Are these valid, important results applicable to my patient or population?
If the answer to any of these questions is “no”, you can save yourself the trouble of reading the rest of it.
This section contains useful tools and downloads for the critical appraisal of different types of medical evidence. Example appraisal sheets are provided together with several helpful examples.
Critical Appraisal Worksheets
English
Chinese – Translated by Chung-Han Yang and Shih-Chieh Shao
German – Translated by Johannes Pohl and Martin Sadilek
Lithuanian – Translated by Tumas Beinortas
Portuguese – Translated by Enderson Miranda and Luis Eduardo Fontes
Spanish – Translated by Ana Cristina Castro
Persian – Translated by Ahmad Sofi Mahmudi
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