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Communicating Study Results to Our Patients: Which Way Is Best?

dc.contributor.authorPetrisor, BAen_US
dc.contributor.authorTornetta III, Paulen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-12T17:39:15Z
dc.date.available2012-01-12T17:39:15Z
dc.date.copyright2008
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.identifier.citationPetrisor, BA, Paul Tornetta III. "Communicating study results to our patients: Which way is best?" Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 42(2): 140-143. (2008)
dc.identifier.issn1998-3727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2144/3418
dc.description.abstractBefore we are able to communicate evidence and evidence results to patients we must first be familiar with the common ways by which results may be presented to our patients. We describe five approaches (relative risk, risk reduction, odds ratio, absolute risk difference and number needed to treat) of transforming the results of an orthopaedic study for communication with patients.en_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMedknow Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Indian Journal of Orthopaedicsen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectEvidence-based medicineen_US
dc.subjectNumber needed to treaten_US
dc.subjectOdds rationen_US
dc.subjectRelative risken_US
dc.titleCommunicating Study Results to Our Patients: Which Way Is Best?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/0019-5413.40249
dc.identifier.pmid19826518
dc.identifier.pmcid2759623


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