Publication Type |
pre-print |
School or College |
School of Medicine |
Department |
Biomedical Informatics |
Creator |
Mitchell, Joyce A. |
Other Author |
Balas, E. Andrew; Austin, Suzanne M.; Brown, Gordon D. |
Title |
Quality evaluation of controlled clinical information service trials |
Date |
1993-01-01 |
Description |
Randomized controlled clinical trials are increasingly accepted as tools of computer technology assessment and, therefore, quality evaluation of trials has great theoretical and practical significance. The purpose of this study was to assist the design of evaluation studies and synthesis of published results by developing and validating an easy-to-use quality scoring method. The development of the new scoring system was based on the available quality evaluation methods and the analysis of 19 trial reports registered in the Columbia Registry of Controlled Clinical Information Service Trials. First critical aspects and afterwards the levels of quality were defined. In spite of the fact that all quality requirements were met by some trials, the average overall quality score was 52.6 (± 8. 7) per cent. The minimum score was 37 and the maximum was 72 per cent. Data collection and site/sample definition were better in the good quality trials, but improvement in statistical analysis was erratic. 7he quality scoring method was validated by using another sample of 20 registered trials. While the number of published controlled clinical trials is increasing in medical informnatics, the analysis was unable to demonstrate a significant positive correlation between the quality and year of publication. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
First Page |
586 |
Last Page |
590 |
Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Balas, E. A., Austin, S. M., Brown, G. D., & Mitchell, J. A. (1993). Quality evaluation of controlled clinical information service trials. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care, 586-90. |
Rights Management |
(c) 1993 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE. |
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application/pdf |
Format Extent |
854,855 bytes |
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ARK |
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Setname |
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Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg07w9 |