Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Treatments Epub

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Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Treatments (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)

Nonpharmacological treatments include a wide variety of treatments such as surgery, technical procedures, implantable and non-implantable devices, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and behavioral interventions. Medical books Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Treatments . Unlike pharmacological treatments, these have no specific requirements for approval. Consequently, they can be widely proposed in clinical practice but may not have been adequately evaluated. This situation is an important barrier for the evaluation of the beneficial effects of these treatments and the conduct of clinical trials. Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacologic Treatments focuses on the methods for assessing nonpharmacological treatments, highlighting specific issues and trial design Medical books Randomized Clinical Trials Of Nonpharmacological Treatments Jones, Byron (serie. format hardback language english publication year 31 01 2012 series chapman hall crc biostatistics series subject medicine subject 2 medical nursing ancillary services title randomized clinical trials of nonpharmacological treatments author jones byron series edited by liu jen pei series edited by chow shein chung series edited by peace karl e series edited by boutron isabelle edited by ravaud philippe edited by moher david edited by publisher chapman hall publication date mar 25 2011 pages 300

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format hardback language english publication year 31 01 2012 series chapman hall crc biostatistics series subject medicine subject 2 medical nursing ancillary services title randomized clinical trials of nonpharmacological treatments author jones byron series edited by liu jen pei series edited by chow shein chung series edited by peace karl e series edited by boutron isabelle edited by ravaud philippe edited by moher david edited by publisher chapman hall publication date mar 25 2011 pages 300

"Nonpharmacological treatments include a wide variety of treatments such as surgery, technical procedures, implantable devices, nonimplantable devices, rehabilitation, psychoteherapy, and behavioral interventions. This book focuses on the methods of assessing nonpharmacological treatments, highlighting specific issues and discussing all possible design of trials. It provides practical examples to underline the issues and solutions in assessing nonpharmacological treatment in trials. Arguably the first book to exclusively explore this topic, it discusses various categories of treatments from su

"Nonpharmacological treatments include a wide variety of treatments such as surgery, technical procedures, implantable devices, non-implantable devices, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and behavioral interventions. This book focuses on the methods of assessing nonpharmacological treatments, highlighting specific issues, and discussing trial design. Providing practical examples underlining the issues and solutions, this book is arguably the first exclusively explore this topic, discussing various categories of treatments, from surgical procedures to psychotherapy.File Size: 8568 KBPrint Length:

Medical Book Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacological Treatments

Unlike pharmacological treatments, these have no specific requirements for approval. Consequently, they can be widely proposed in clinical practice but may not have been adequately evaluated. This situation is an important barrier for the evaluation of the beneficial effects of these treatments and the conduct of clinical trials. Randomized Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacologic Treatments focuses on the methods for assessing nonpharmacological treatments, highlighting specific issues and trial design.

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Chapters written by international experts in the field
Highlights specific issues in assessing nonpharmacological treatments in trials including:

how to overcome the difficulties of blinding patients, care providers, and outcome assessors
the complexity of the intervention, the learning curve, and the clustering effect
placebos that can be used
issues of assessing harm and assessing the applicability of trials

Presents a variety of trial designs for nonpharmacological treatments—including cluster randomized controlled trials, expertise-based trials, pragmatic trials, and nonrandomized trials.
Provides several examples of the planning, conduct, analyses, and reporting of trials in different fields, including surgery, technical interventions, medical devices, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and behavioral interventions.

Providing practical examples that underline these issues and solutions, this book is one of the first to exclusively explore this topic, discussing various categories of treatments, from surgical procedures to psychotherapy.