La rilevanza clinica di un trial (II). Stimare entitĂ e precisione dei benefici e rischi di un trattamento
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La rilevanza clinica di un trial (II). Stimare entitĂ e precisione dei benefici e rischi di un trattamento
Antonino CartabellottaGIMBEnews 2009;7:2-3
Pubblicato: 15 dicembre 2009
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Letture introduttive
Moore A. What is an NNT. Hayward Medical Communications, 2009.
McAlister FA. The “number needed to treat” turns 20 — and continues to be used and misused. CMAJ 2008;179:549-553.
Altman DG. Confidence intervals for the number needed to treat. BMJ 1998;317:1309-12.
Cook RJ, Sackett DL. The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect. BMJ 1995;310:452-4.
Laupacis A, Sackett DL, Roberts RS. An assessment of clinically useful measures of the consequences of treatment. N Engl J Med 1988;318:1728-33.
Approfondimenti
Stang A, Poole C, Bender R. Common problems related to the use of number needed to treat. J Clin Epidemiol 2009, Oct 31.
Aaron SD, Fergusson DA. Exaggeration of treatment benefits using the “event-based” number needed to treat. CMAJ 2008;179:669-71.
Massel D. The number needed to harm: is it too optimistic? Can J Cardiol 2003;19:1490-2.
Nuovo J, Melnikow J, Chang D. Reporting number needed to treat and absolute risk reduction in randomized controlled trials. JAMA 2002;287:2813-4.
Smeeth L, Haines A, Ebrahim S. Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses — sometimes informative, usually misleading. BMJ 1999; 318:1548-51.
Software e Database
EBM calculator. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Oxford.
Stats Calculator. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine. University of Toronto.
NNT: table of examples. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine. University of Toronto.
Moore A. What is an NNT. Hayward Medical Communications, 2009.
McAlister FA. The “number needed to treat” turns 20 — and continues to be used and misused. CMAJ 2008;179:549-553.
Altman DG. Confidence intervals for the number needed to treat. BMJ 1998;317:1309-12.
Cook RJ, Sackett DL. The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect. BMJ 1995;310:452-4.
Laupacis A, Sackett DL, Roberts RS. An assessment of clinically useful measures of the consequences of treatment. N Engl J Med 1988;318:1728-33.
Approfondimenti
Stang A, Poole C, Bender R. Common problems related to the use of number needed to treat. J Clin Epidemiol 2009, Oct 31.
Aaron SD, Fergusson DA. Exaggeration of treatment benefits using the “event-based” number needed to treat. CMAJ 2008;179:669-71.
Massel D. The number needed to harm: is it too optimistic? Can J Cardiol 2003;19:1490-2.
Nuovo J, Melnikow J, Chang D. Reporting number needed to treat and absolute risk reduction in randomized controlled trials. JAMA 2002;287:2813-4.
Smeeth L, Haines A, Ebrahim S. Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses — sometimes informative, usually misleading. BMJ 1999; 318:1548-51.
Software e Database
EBM calculator. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Oxford.
Stats Calculator. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine. University of Toronto.
NNT: table of examples. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine. University of Toronto.