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Just to thank those who send me interesting and useful e-mails concerning the theme o assessing the quality of observational studies. Roger Keller Celeste, MSc Prof. Depto Epidemiologia e Bioestatística - ISC/UFF Departamento de Epidemiologia - IMS/UERJ (PhD student) Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 7o ANDAR Rio de Janeiro - Brasil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moacyr Roberto Cuce Nobre" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Roger Keller Celeste" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:21 AM Subject: Re: Quality of observational studies > Dear Roger > > There are a lot of information about how to measure the quality of > observational > studies at CEBM-Oxford: > > Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendation > http://www.cebm.net/levels_of_evidence.asp > > > PROGNOSIS WORKSHEET & HARM/AETIOLOGY WORKSHEET > http://www.cebm.net/downloads.asp > > -- > Moacyr > __________________________ > Moacyr Roberto Cuce Nobre > Unidade de Epidemiologia Clínica > InCor - HCFMUSP > fone/fax: 55 11 3069-5941 > celular : 55 11 9133-1009 > > > > Citando Roger Keller Celeste <[log in to unmask]>: > > Dear list, > Does anyone know about recent articles discussing the use of scales or > checklists for quality assessment of observational studies? > > I know that measuring the quality of observational studies is a hard task > and I am aware of initiatives like Strobe, which is actually a checklist > for > better reporting, not for assessing the quality. However, there are many > studies that have done some quality assessment based on arbitrary > "consensus" about what are the important points. After all, is it really > possible to assess correctly the quality of an observational study and can > scales and checklists help assessing the quality of observational studies? > > Best wishes, thanks for any comment > > Roger Keller, MSc > Prof. Depto Epidemiologia e Bioestatística - ISC/UFF > Departamento de Epidemiologia - IMS/UERJ (PhD student) > Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 7o ANDAR > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil > > >