Examinando por Autor "Cartes-Velasquez, R."

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    Instructions for the use of MInCiR scale to assess methodological quality in prognosis studies [Instrucciones para la utilización de la escala MInCiR para valorar calidad metodológica de estudios de pronóstico]
    (Universidad de la Frontera, 2015) Manterola, C.; Cartes-Velasquez, R.; Otzen, T.
    The assessment of methodological quality (MQ) in biomedical research is an area of dynamic development over recent years globally. Understood as a complex and multidimensional construct, several groups have been proposed tools for its evaluation, between them our group has designed and validated scales to assess MQ in therapy, diagnosis and prognosis studies. However, as with other instruments, it is necessary to specify in detail how the measurement is performed. The aim of this article is to provide a guideline for the standardized application of MInCir MQ scale for prognosis studies. A detailed description of the 11 items and 4 domains of the scale, indicating for each of them how to assess and rate the characteristics in primary prognosis articles is presented. This article provides an application guideline that may help to improve interobserver and intraobserver reliability of MInCir MQ scale for prognosis studies. © 2015, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved.
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    Instructions for the use of MInCir scale to assess methodological quality in therapy studies [Instrucciones para la utilización de la escala MInCir para valorar calidad metodológica de estudios de tratamiento o procedimientos terapéuticos]
    (Universidad de la Frontera, 2015) Manterola, C.; Cartes-Velasquez, R.; Otzen, T.
    The assessment of methodological quality (MQ) in biomedical research is an area of dynamic development over recent years globally. Understood as a complex and multidimensional construct, various groups have proposed tools for its assessment. Our team has designed and validated scales to assess MQ of therapy, diagnosis, and prognosis studies. However, as with other instruments, it is necessary to specify in detail how it is applied, in order to standardize the measurements made with this instrument. The aim of this article is to provide a guideline for the standardized application of the MInCir MQ scale for therapy or therapeutic procedure studies. A detailed description of the 3 domains and 6 items comprising the scale, specifying for each of them how to assess the characteristics and score articles on therapy or therapeutic procedures is presented. This article provides an application guideline that may help to improve interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the MInCir MQ scale for therapy or therapeutic procedures. © 2015, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved.
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    Instructions for using the MInCir scale to assess methodological quality in diagnostic accuracy studies [Instrucciones para utilizar la escala MInCir para valorar calidad metodológica de estudios de diagnóstico o pruebas diagnósticas]
    (Universidad de la Frontera, 2016) Manterola, C.; Cartes-Velasquez, R.; Otzen, T.
    Globally, the assessment of methodological quality (MQ) in biomedical research is an area of dynamic development over recent years. Understood as a complex and multidimensional construct, various groups have proposed tools for its assessment. Our team has designed and validated scales to assess MQ of therapy and prognosis studies. However, as with other instruments, it is necessary to specify in detail how it is applied, in such a way as to be able to standardize the measurements made with this instrument. A detailed description is presented of the 3 domains (type of research design [single item domain], size of population studied [single item domain], and methodology [7 items]) and 9 items comprising the scale, specifying for each item how to assess the characteristics and score articles of diagnostic accuracy studies. The application of this instrument requires critical evaluation of each of the items to assign the respective score, which sum to give a total score of between 9 and 45 points. The cut-off point to define the construct MQ (dichotomous) for this type of study is 20 points. This article provides an application guideline that may help to improve inter-observer and intra-observer reliability of the MInCir MQ scale for diagnostic accuracy studies. The aim of this article is to provide a guideline for the standardized application of the MInCir MQ scale for diagnostic accuracy studies. © 2016, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved.