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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well-established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-related topics. This fourth edition includes new chapters on qualitative research including descriptive studies, mixed methods, sampling and populations, identifying and summarizing characteristics, and measuring the characteristics. It also explains how topic guides are used to explore and explain participants' experiences and how qualitative data are analysed. Fully revised and updated with new examples of real clinical papers Understanding Clinical Papers remains an invaluable resource for all healthcare professionals and an ultimate guide for everyone who reads clinical literature"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>For two decades, <i>Understanding Clinical Papers</i> has been helping students and professionals understand the research that supports evidence-based practice. Now in its fourth edition, this popular introductory textbook covers every major aspect of reading and evaluating clinical research literature, from identifying the aims and objectives of a paper to analysing the data with different multivariable methods. Numerous excerpts from actual clinical research papers make learning real and immediate, supported by a unique visual approach that reinforces key points and connects examples with the chapter material. </p> <p>The fourth edition includes extensively revised content throughout, including four brand-new chapters covering qualitative studies, Poisson regression, studies of complex interventions, and research using previously collected data. New and updated material discusses the difference between clinical and statistical significance, the consequences of multiple testing and methods of correction, how topic guides are used to explore and explain participants' experiences, standardised guidelines for writing trials and reviews, and much more. Offering clear explanations of important research-related topics, this reader-friendly resource: </p> <ul> <li>Offers a clear, concise, and accessible approach to learning how to read and analyse clinical research literature </li> <li>Features new coverage of qualitative research, including descriptive studies, sampling and populations, and identifying, summarising, and measuring qualitative characteristics </li> <li>Provides new material on missing data, sub-group analysis, feasibility and pilot studies, cluster randomised trials, and adaptive trial designs </li> <li>Includes new tables, abstracts, and excerpts from recent clinical research literature </li> </ul> <p><i>Understanding Clinical Papers</i> is essential reading for all healthcare professionals and students, particularly those involved in clinical work and medical research, as well as general readers wanting to improve their understanding of research literature. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>UNDERSTANDING CLINICAL PAPERS</b> <p><b>FOURTH EDITION</b> <p>For two decades, <i>Understanding Clinical Papers</i> has been helping students and professionals understand the research that supports evidence-based practice. Now in its fourth edition, this popular introductory textbook covers every major aspect of reading and evaluating clinical research literature, from identifying the aims and objectives of a paper to analysing the data with different multivariable methods. Numerous excerpts from actual clinical research papers make learning real and immediate, supported by a unique visual approach that reinforces key points and connects examples with the chapter material. <p>The fourth edition includes extensively revised content throughout, including four brand-new chapters covering qualitative studies, Poisson regression, studies of complex interventions, and research using previously collected data. New and updated material discusses the difference between clinical and statistical significance, the consequences of multiple testing and methods of correction, how topic guides are used to explore and explain participants' experiences, standardised guidelines for writing trials and reviews, and much more. Offering clear explanations of important research-related topics, this reader-friendly resource: <ul> <li>Offers a clear, concise, and accessible approach to learning how to read and analyse clinical research literature</li> <li>Features new coverage of qualitative research, including descriptive studies, sampling and populations, and identifying, summarising, and measuring qualitative characteristics</li> <li>Provides new material on missing data, sub-group analysis, feasibility and pilot studies, cluster randomised trials, and adaptive trial designs</li> <li>Includes new tables, abstracts, and excerpts from recent clinical research literature</li> </ul> <p><i>Understanding Clinical Papers</i> is essential reading for all healthcare professionals and students, particularly those involved in clinical work and medical research, as well as general readers wanting to improve their understanding of research literature.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>DAVID BOWERS, </b> Medical Statistician, University of Leeds Medical School, UK. <p><b>ALLAN HOUSE, </b> Professor, Director of Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds, UK. <p><b>DAVID OWENS, </b> Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds, UK. <p><b>BRIDGETTE BEWICK, </b> Senior Lecturer in Health Research, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.

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