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How To Analyze a Randomized Controlled Trial: Worksheets

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Key Takeaways

  • RCTs are vital for clinicians to stay informed, but their quality varies significantly.
  • Evaluating RCTs is crucial to determine their reliability and applicability to clinical practice.
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Use this worksheet to analyze randomized controlled trials.

To stay current, clinicians need to study the gold standard of evidence: randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, RCTs vary greatly in quality. Before we trust the results of an RCT, we need to know how to analyze RCTs to determine which ones are trustworthy and which are not.

Use the following worksheet to analyze RCTs:

Blank Analysis Worksheet

Here are example completed worksheets:

Example Worksheet 1

Example Worksheet 2

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