Class of 2011 Abstract / OBJECTIVES: To design a tool to assess for bias in studies for pharmacy services.
METHODS: This study will involve reviewing published reports of studies comparing pharmacists’ services to usual services to identify the key study design components and methods for addressing study design limitations. We will then design a tool to assess further such studies for bias.
RESULTS: The aspects of a good pharmacy services study that can be controlled include: large study population, equivalence of population at baseline, experimental mortality, multi-centered study, adequate adherence to treatment, and independence from study staff/manufacturer influence. If these things are controlled and/or accounted for it increases the strength of the study.
CONCLUSION: The tool we have designed can successfully evaluate the quality of studies of pharmacy services.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623556 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Clark, Monica, Burgess, Ryan |
| Contributors | Slack, Marion, Lee, Jeannie, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Electronic Report |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. |
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