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<span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Statistical measures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistical_measures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Quality_of_clinical_trials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Quality_of_clinical_trials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Quality of clinical trials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Quality_of_clinical_trials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Limitations_and_criticism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Limitations_and_criticism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Limitations and criticism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Limitations_and_criticism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Application_of_evidence_in_clinical_settings" 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84" title="طب مسند بالدليل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="طب مسند بالدليل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_basada_en_l%27evid%C3%A8ncia" title="Medicina basada en l&#039;evidència – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Medicina basada en l&#039;evidència" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D3%B3%D0%BB%D0%BB%C4%95_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ӗнентерӳллĕ медицина – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ӗнентерӳллĕ медицина" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine" title="Evidence-based medicine – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Evidence-based medicine" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidensbaseret_medicin" title="Evidensbaseret medicin – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Evidensbaseret medicin" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidenzbasierte_Medizin" title="Evidenzbasierte Medizin – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Evidenzbasierte Medizin" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B5endusp%C3%B5hine_meditsiin" title="Tõenduspõhine meditsiin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tõenduspõhine meditsiin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_basada_en_la_evidencia" title="Medicina basada en la evidencia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Medicina basada en la evidencia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C5%ADindika%C4%B5a_medicino" title="Laŭindikaĵa medicino – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Laŭindikaĵa medicino" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebidentzian_Oinarritutako_Medikuntza" title="Ebidentzian Oinarritutako Medikuntza – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ebidentzian Oinarritutako Medikuntza" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF" title="پزشکی مبتنی بر شواهد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پزشکی مبتنی بر شواهد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decine_fond%C3%A9e_sur_les_faits" title="Médecine fondée sur les faits – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Médecine fondée sur les faits" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigheas_ar_Bhonn_Fianaise" title="Leigheas ar Bhonn Fianaise – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leigheas ar Bhonn Fianaise" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%BC%EA%B1%B0%EC%A4%91%EC%8B%AC%EC%9D%98%ED%95%99" title="근거중심의학 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="근거중심의학" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE" title="साक्ष्य आधारित चिकित्सा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="साक्ष्य आधारित चिकित्सा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedokteran_berbasis_bukti" title="Kedokteran berbasis bukti – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kedokteran berbasis bukti" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_basata_sulle_evidenze" title="Medicina basata sulle evidenze – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Medicina basata sulle evidenze" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A1%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA" title="רפואה מבוססת ראיות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רפואה מבוססת ראיות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizony%C3%ADt%C3%A9kokon_alapul%C3%B3_orvosl%C3%A1s" title="Bizonyítékokon alapuló orvoslás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bizonyítékokon alapuló orvoslás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine" title="Evidence-based medicine – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Evidence-based medicine" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%B9%E6%8B%A0%E3%81%AB%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%A5%E3%81%8F%E5%8C%BB%E7%99%82" title="根拠に基づく医療 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="根拠に基づく医療" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidensbasert_medisin" title="Evidensbasert medisin – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Evidensbasert medisin" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medycyna_oparta_na_faktach" title="Medycyna oparta na faktach – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Medycyna oparta na faktach" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_baseada_em_evid%C3%AAncias" title="Medicina baseada em evidências – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Medicina baseada em evidências" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicin%C4%83_bazat%C4%83_pe_dovezi" title="Medicină bazată pe dovezi – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Medicină bazată pe dovezi" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Доказательная медицина – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Доказательная медицина" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Evidence-based practices"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Evidence-based medicine</b> (<b>EBM</b>) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. ... [It] means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research."<sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the <a href="/wiki/Patient" title="Patient">patient</a>, and the best available scientific information to guide decision-making about clinical management. The term was originally used to describe an approach to teaching the practice of medicine and improving decisions by individual physicians about individual patients.<sup id="cite_ref-Guyatt_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guyatt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The EBM Pyramid is a tool that helps in visualizing the <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence" title="Hierarchy of evidence">hierarchy of evidence</a> in medicine, from least authoritative, like expert opinions, to most authoritative, like systematic reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background,_history,_and_definition"><span id="Background.2C_history.2C_and_definition"></span>Background, history, and definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background, history, and definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medicine has a long history of scientific inquiry about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmid11058989_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid11058989-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the 11th century AD, <a href="/wiki/Avicenna" title="Avicenna">Avicenna</a>, a Persian physician and philosopher, developed an approach to EBM that was mostly similar to current ideas and practises.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The concept of a controlled clinical trial was first described in 1662 by <a href="/wiki/Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont" title="Jan Baptist van Helmont">Jan Baptist van Helmont</a> in reference to the practice of <a href="/wiki/Bloodletting" title="Bloodletting">bloodletting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wrote Van Helmont: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Let us take out of the Hospitals, out of the Camps, or from elsewhere, 200, or 500 poor People, that have fevers or Pleuritis. Let us divide them in Halfes, let us cast lots, that one halfe of them may fall to my share, and the others to yours; I will cure them without blood-letting and sensible evacuation; but you do, as ye know ... we shall see how many Funerals both of us shall have...</p></blockquote> <p>The first published report describing the conduct and results of a controlled clinical trial was by <a href="/wiki/James_Lind" title="James Lind">James Lind</a>, a Scottish naval surgeon who conducted research on <a href="/wiki/Scurvy" title="Scurvy">scurvy</a> during his time aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Salisbury_(1746)" title="HMS Salisbury (1746)">HMS <i>Salisbury</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Fleet" title="Channel Fleet">Channel Fleet</a>, while patrolling the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a>. Lind divided the sailors participating in his experiment into six groups, so that the effects of various treatments could be fairly compared. Lind found improvement in symptoms and signs of scurvy among the group of men treated with lemons or oranges. He published a treatise describing the results of this experiment in 1753.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>An early critique of statistical methods in medicine was published in 1835, in Comtes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, by a man referred to as "Mr Civiale".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term 'evidence-based medicine' was introduced in 1990 by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Guyatt" title="Gordon Guyatt">Gordon Guyatt</a> of <a href="/wiki/McMaster_University" title="McMaster University">McMaster University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clinical_decision-making">Clinical decision-making</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Clinical decision-making"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alvan_Feinstein" title="Alvan Feinstein">Alvan Feinstein</a>'s publication of <i>Clinical Judgment</i> in 1967 focused attention on the role of clinical reasoning and identified biases that can affect it.<sup id="cite_ref-feinstein_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feinstein-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1972, <a href="/wiki/Archie_Cochrane" title="Archie Cochrane">Archie Cochrane</a> published <i>Effectiveness and Efficiency</i>, which described the lack of controlled trials supporting many practices that had previously been assumed to be effective.<sup id="cite_ref-cochraneal_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cochraneal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1973, <a href="/wiki/John_Wennberg" title="John Wennberg">John Wennberg</a> began to document wide variations in how physicians practiced.<sup id="cite_ref-wennberg_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wennberg-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Through the 1980s, <a href="/wiki/David_M._Eddy" title="David M. Eddy">David M. Eddy</a> described errors in clinical reasoning and gaps in evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eddy3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eddy4_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eddy5_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the mid-1980s, Alvin Feinstein, <a href="/wiki/David_Sackett" title="David Sackett">David Sackett</a> and others published textbooks on clinical <a href="/wiki/Epidemiology" title="Epidemiology">epidemiology</a>, which translated epidemiological methods to physician decision-making.<sup id="cite_ref-feinstein2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feinstein2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sackett_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Toward the end of the 1980s, a group at <a href="/wiki/RAND" class="mw-redirect" title="RAND">RAND</a> showed that large proportions of procedures performed by physicians were considered inappropriate even by the standards of their own experts.<sup id="cite_ref-chassin_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chassin-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evidence-based_guidelines_and_policies">Evidence-based guidelines and policies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Evidence-based guidelines and policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Medical_guideline" title="Medical guideline">Medical guideline</a></div> <p>David M. Eddy first began to use the term 'evidence-based' in 1987 in workshops and a manual commissioned by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies to teach formal methods for designing clinical practice guidelines. The manual was eventually published by the <a href="/wiki/American_College_of_Physicians" title="American College of Physicians">American College of Physicians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy1992_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy1992-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-field_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-field-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eddy first published the term 'evidence-based' in March 1990, in an article in the <i>Journal of the American Medical Association (<a href="/wiki/JAMA" title="JAMA">JAMA</a>)</i> that laid out the principles of evidence-based guidelines and population-level policies, which Eddy described as "explicitly describing the available evidence that pertains to a policy and tying the policy to evidence instead of standard-of-care practices or the beliefs of experts. The pertinent evidence must be identified, described, and analyzed. The policymakers must determine whether the policy is justified by the evidence. A rationale must be written."<sup id="cite_ref-eddy6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He discussed evidence-based policies in several other papers published in <i>JAMA</i> in the spring of 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eddy7_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy7-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Those papers were part of a series of 28 published in <i>JAMA</i> between 1990 and 1997 on formal methods for designing population-level guidelines and policies.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy8_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy8-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_education">Medical education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Medical education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term 'evidence-based medicine' was introduced slightly later, in the context of medical education. In the autumn of 1990, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Guyatt" title="Gordon Guyatt">Gordon Guyatt</a> used it in an unpublished description of a program at <a href="/wiki/McMaster_University" title="McMaster University">McMaster University</a> for prospective or new medical students.<sup id="cite_ref-howick_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howick-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Guyatt and others first published the term two years later (1992) to describe a new approach to teaching the practice of medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Guyatt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guyatt-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, David Sackett and colleagues clarified the definition of this tributary of evidence-based medicine as "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. ... [It] means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research."<sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This branch of evidence-based medicine aims to make individual decision making more structured and objective by better reflecting the evidence from research.<sup id="cite_ref-katz_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-katz-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-grobbee_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grobbee-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Population-based data are applied to the care of an individual patient,<sup id="cite_ref-doi_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doi-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while respecting the fact that practitioners have clinical expertise reflected in effective and efficient diagnosis and thoughtful identification and compassionate use of individual patients' predicaments, rights, and preferences.<sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1993 and 2000, the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group at McMaster University published the methods to a broad physician audience in a series of 25 "Users' Guides to the Medical Literature" in <i>JAMA</i>. In 1995 Rosenberg and Donald defined individual-level, evidence-based medicine as "the process of finding, appraising, and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for medical decisions."<sup id="cite_ref-rosenberg2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rosenberg2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Trisha_Greenhalgh" title="Trisha Greenhalgh">Greenhalgh</a> used a definition that emphasized quantitative methods: "the use of mathematical estimates of the risk of benefit and harm, derived from high-quality research on population samples, to inform clinical decision-making in the diagnosis, investigation or management of individual patients."<sup id="cite_ref-greenhalgh1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenhalgh1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two original definitions<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (June 2017)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> highlight important differences in how evidence-based medicine is applied to populations versus individuals. When designing guidelines applied to large groups of people in settings with relatively little opportunity for modification by individual physicians, evidence-based policymaking emphasizes that good evidence should exist to document a test's or treatment's effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-Eddy1990_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eddy1990-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the setting of individual decision-making, practitioners can be given greater latitude in how they interpret research and combine it with their clinical judgment.<sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-greenhalgh2_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenhalgh2-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2005, Eddy offered an umbrella definition for the two branches of EBM: "Evidence-based medicine is a set of principles and methods intended to ensure that to the greatest extent possible, medical decisions, guidelines, and other types of policies are based on and consistent with good evidence of effectiveness and benefit."<sup id="cite_ref-eddybmapproach_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddybmapproach-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Progress">Progress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Progress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the area of evidence-based guidelines and policies, the explicit insistence on evidence of effectiveness was introduced by the American Cancer Society in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-guidelines_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guidelines-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) began issuing guidelines for preventive interventions based on evidence-based principles in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-taskforce_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taskforce-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1985, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association applied strict evidence-based criteria for covering new technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-rettig_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rettig-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Beginning in 1987, specialty societies such as the American College of Physicians, and voluntary health organizations such as the American Heart Association, wrote many evidence-based guidelines. In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente" title="Kaiser Permanente">Kaiser Permanente</a>, a managed care organization in the US, began an evidence-based guidelines program.<sup id="cite_ref-kaiserpermanente_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaiserpermanente-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1991, Richard Smith wrote an editorial in the <i>British Medical Journal</i> and introduced the ideas of evidence-based policies in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-smith_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1993, the Cochrane Collaboration created a network of 13 countries to produce systematic reviews and guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-cochrane_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cochrane-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1997, the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, then known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, or AHCPR) established Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) to produce evidence reports and technology assessments to support the development of guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-ahrq_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ahrq-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the same year, a <a href="/wiki/National_Guideline_Clearinghouse" title="National Guideline Clearinghouse">National Guideline Clearinghouse</a> that followed the principles of evidence-based policies was created by AHRQ, the AMA, and the American Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans).<sup id="cite_ref-guideline_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guideline-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1999, the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Health_and_Care_Excellence" title="National Institute for Health and Care Excellence">National Institute for Clinical Excellence</a> (NICE) was created in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-nice_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nice-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the area of medical education, medical schools in Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, and other countries<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> now offer programs that teach evidence-based medicine. A 2009 study of UK programs found that more than half of UK medical schools offered some training in evidence-based medicine, although the methods and content varied considerably, and EBM teaching was restricted by lack of curriculum time, trained tutors and teaching materials.<sup id="cite_ref-medteach_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medteach-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many programs have been developed to help individual physicians gain better access to evidence. For example, UpToDate was created in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-uptodate_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uptodate-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Cochrane Collaboration began publishing evidence reviews in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-kaiserpermanente_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaiserpermanente-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1995, BMJ Publishing Group launched Clinical Evidence, a 6-monthly periodical that provided brief summaries of the current state of evidence about important clinical questions for clinicians.<sup id="cite_ref-clinicalevidence_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clinicalevidence-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_practice">Current practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Current practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2000, use of the term <i>evidence-based</i> had extended to other levels of the health care system. An example is evidence-based health services, which seek to increase the competence of health service decision makers and the practice of evidence-based medicine at the organizational or institutional level.<sup id="cite_ref-gray_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gray-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The multiple tributaries of evidence-based medicine share an emphasis on the importance of incorporating evidence from formal research in medical policies and decisions. However, because they differ on the extent to which they require good evidence of effectiveness before promoting a guideline or payment policy, a distinction is sometimes made between evidence-based medicine and science-based medicine, which also takes into account factors such as prior plausibility and compatibility with established science (as when medical organizations promote controversial treatments such as <a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">acupuncture</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-AAFP2018_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAFP2018-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Differences also exist regarding the extent to which it is feasible to incorporate individual-level information in decisions. Thus, evidence-based guidelines and policies may not readily "hybridise" with experience-based practices orientated towards ethical clinical judgement, and can lead to contradictions, contest, and unintended crises.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy5_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The most effective "knowledge leaders" (managers and clinical leaders) use a broad range of management knowledge in their decision making, rather than just formal evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-feinstein2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feinstein2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Evidence-based guidelines may provide the basis for <a href="/wiki/Governmentality" title="Governmentality">governmentality</a> in health care, and consequently play a central role in the governance of contemporary health care systems.<sup id="cite_ref-sackett_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steps">Steps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Steps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The steps for designing explicit, evidence-based guidelines were described in the late 1980s: formulate the question (population, intervention, comparison intervention, outcomes, time horizon, setting); search the literature to identify studies that inform the question; interpret each study to determine precisely what it says about the question; if several studies address the question, synthesize their results (<a href="/wiki/Meta-analysis" title="Meta-analysis">meta-analysis</a>); summarize the evidence in evidence tables; compare the benefits, harms and costs in a balance sheet; draw a conclusion about the preferred practice; write the guideline; write the rationale for the guideline; have others review each of the previous steps; implement the guideline.<sup id="cite_ref-eddy4_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eddy4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the purposes of medical education and individual-level decision making, five steps of EBM in practice were described in 1992<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the experience of delegates attending the 2003 Conference of Evidence-Based Health Care Teachers and Developers was summarized into five steps and published in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This five-step process can broadly be categorized as follows: </p> <ol><li>Translation of uncertainty to an answerable question; includes critical questioning, study design and levels of evidence<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Systematic retrieval of the best evidence available<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Critical appraisal of evidence for <a href="/wiki/Internal_validity" title="Internal validity">internal validity</a> that can be broken down into aspects regarding:<sup id="cite_ref-doi_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doi-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Systematic errors as a result of selection bias, information bias and confounding</li> <li>Quantitative aspects of diagnosis and treatment</li> <li>The effect size and aspects regarding its precision</li> <li>Clinical importance of results</li> <li>External validity or generalizability</li></ul></li> <li>Application of results in practice<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Evaluation of performance<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evidence_reviews">Evidence reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Evidence reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Systematic_review" title="Systematic review">Systematic reviews</a> of published research studies are a major part of the evaluation of particular treatments. The <a href="/wiki/Cochrane_Collaboration" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochrane Collaboration">Cochrane Collaboration</a> is one of the best-known organisations that conducts systematic reviews. Like other producers of systematic reviews, it requires authors to provide a detailed study protocol as well as a reproducible plan of their literature search and evaluations of the evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-Tanjong2009_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tanjong2009-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the best evidence is assessed, treatment is categorized as (1) likely to be beneficial, (2) likely to be harmful, or (3) without evidence to support either benefit or harm.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>A 2007 analysis of 1,016 systematic reviews from all 50 Cochrane Collaboration Review Groups found that 44% of the reviews concluded that the intervention was likely to be beneficial, 7% concluded that the intervention was likely to be harmful, and 49% concluded that evidence did not support either benefit or harm. 96% recommended further research.<sup id="cite_ref-Mapping2007_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mapping2007-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2017, a study assessed the role of systematic reviews produced by Cochrane Collaboration to inform US private payers' policymaking; it showed that although the medical policy documents of major US private payers were informed by Cochrane systematic reviews, there was still scope to encourage the further use.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assessing_the_quality_of_evidence">Assessing the quality of evidence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Assessing the quality of evidence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Levels_of_evidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Levels of evidence">Levels of evidence</a></div> <p>Evidence-based medicine categorizes different types of clinical evidence and rates or grades them<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> according to the strength of their freedom from the various biases that beset medical research. For example, the strongest evidence for therapeutic interventions is provided by systematic review of <a href="/wiki/Randomized" class="mw-redirect" title="Randomized">randomized</a>, well-blinded, <a href="/wiki/Placebo-controlled_trials" class="mw-redirect" title="Placebo-controlled trials">placebo-controlled trials</a> with allocation concealment and complete follow-up involving a homogeneous patient population and medical condition. In contrast, patient testimonials, <a href="/wiki/Case_report" title="Case report">case reports</a>, and even expert opinion have little value as proof because of the placebo effect, the biases inherent in observation and reporting of cases, and difficulties in ascertaining who is an expert (however, some critics have argued that expert opinion "does not belong in the rankings of the quality of <a href="/wiki/Empirical_evidence" title="Empirical evidence">empirical evidence</a> because it does not represent a form of empirical evidence" and continue that "expert opinion would seem to be a separate, complex type of knowledge that would not fit into hierarchies otherwise limited to empirical evidence alone.").<sup id="cite_ref-Tonelli99_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonelli99-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several organizations have developed grading systems for assessing the quality of evidence. For example, in 1989 the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) put forth the following system:<sup id="cite_ref-USPrevServTaskForce_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USPrevServTaskForce-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Level I: Evidence obtained from at least one properly designed <a href="/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial" title="Randomized controlled trial">randomized controlled trial</a>.</li> <li>Level II-1: Evidence obtained from well-designed controlled trials without <a href="/wiki/Randomization" title="Randomization">randomization</a>.</li> <li>Level II-2: Evidence obtained from well-designed <a href="/wiki/Cohort_study" title="Cohort study">cohort studies</a> or <a href="/wiki/Case-control" class="mw-redirect" title="Case-control">case-control</a> studies, preferably from more than one center or research group.</li> <li>Level II-3: Evidence obtained from multiple <a href="/wiki/Time_series" title="Time series">time series</a> designs with or without the intervention. Dramatic results in uncontrolled trials might also be regarded as this type of evidence.</li> <li>Level III: Opinions of respected authorities, based on clinical experience, descriptive studies, or reports of expert committees.</li></ul> <p>Another example are the Oxford CEBM Levels of Evidence published by the <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Evidence-Based_Medicine" title="Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine">Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine</a>. First released in September 2000, the Levels of Evidence provide a way to rank evidence for claims about prognosis, diagnosis, treatment benefits, treatment harms, and screening, which most grading schemes do not address. The original CEBM Levels were Evidence-Based On Call to make the process of finding evidence feasible and its results explicit. In 2011, an international team redesigned the Oxford CEBM Levels to make them more understandable and to take into account recent developments in evidence ranking schemes. The Oxford CEBM Levels of Evidence have been used by patients and clinicians, as well as by experts to develop clinical guidelines, such as recommendations for the optimal use of phototherapy and topical therapy in <a href="/wiki/Psoriasis" title="Psoriasis">psoriasis</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and guidelines for the use of the BCLC staging system for diagnosing and monitoring <a href="/wiki/Hepatocellular_carcinoma" title="Hepatocellular carcinoma">hepatocellular carcinoma</a> in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, a system was developed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (<a href="/wiki/GRADE" class="mw-redirect" title="GRADE">GRADE</a>) working group. The GRADE system takes into account more dimensions than just the quality of medical research.<sup id="cite_ref-GRADE_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRADE-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It requires users who are performing an assessment of the quality of evidence, usually as part of a systematic review, to consider the impact of different factors on their confidence in the results. Authors of GRADE tables assign one of four levels to evaluate the quality of evidence, on the basis of their confidence that the observed effect (a numeric value) is close to the true effect. The confidence value is based on judgments assigned in five different domains in a structured manner.<sup id="cite_ref-balshem2011_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balshem2011-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The GRADE working group defines 'quality of evidence' and 'strength of recommendations' based on the quality as two different concepts that are commonly confused with each other.<sup id="cite_ref-balshem2011_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balshem2011-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Systematic reviews may include randomized controlled trials that have low risk of bias, or observational studies that have high risk of bias. In the case of randomized controlled trials, the quality of evidence is high but can be downgraded in five different domains.<sup id="cite_ref-GRADE_Handbook_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRADE_Handbook-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Risk of bias: A judgment made on the basis of the chance that bias in included studies has influenced the estimate of effect.</li> <li>Imprecision: A judgment made on the basis of the chance that the observed estimate of effect could change completely.</li> <li>Indirectness: A judgment made on the basis of the differences in characteristics of how the study was conducted and how the results are actually going to be applied.</li> <li>Inconsistency: A judgment made on the basis of the variability of results across the included studies.</li> <li>Publication bias: A judgment made on the basis of the question whether all the research evidence has been taken to account.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In the case of observational studies per GRADE, the quality of evidence starts off lower and may be upgraded in three domains in addition to being subject to downgrading.<sup id="cite_ref-GRADE_Handbook_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRADE_Handbook-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Large effect: Methodologically strong studies show that the observed effect is so large that the probability of it changing completely is less likely.</li> <li>Plausible confounding would change the effect: Despite the presence of a possible confounding factor that is expected to reduce the observed effect, the effect estimate still shows significant effect.</li> <li>Dose response gradient: The intervention used becomes more effective with increasing dose. This suggests that a further increase will likely bring about more effect.</li></ul> <p>Meaning of the levels of quality of evidence as per GRADE:<sup id="cite_ref-balshem2011_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-balshem2011-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>High Quality Evidence: The authors are very confident that the presented estimate lies very close to the true value. In other words, the probability is very low that further research will completely change the presented conclusions.</li> <li>Moderate Quality Evidence: The authors are confident that the presented estimate lies close to the true value, but it is also possible that it may be substantially different. In other words, further research may completely change the conclusions.</li> <li>Low Quality Evidence: The authors are not confident in the effect estimate, and the true value may be substantially different. In other words, further research is likely to change the presented conclusions completely.</li> <li>Very Low Quality Evidence: The authors do not have any confidence in the estimate and it is likely that the true value is substantially different from it. In other words, new research will probably change the presented conclusions completely.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Categories_of_recommendations">Categories of recommendations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Categories of recommendations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In guidelines and other publications, recommendation for a clinical service is classified by the balance of risk versus benefit and the level of evidence on which this information is based. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force uses the following system:<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Level A: Good <a href="/wiki/Scientific_evidence" title="Scientific evidence">scientific evidence</a> suggests that the benefits of the clinical service substantially outweigh the potential risks. Clinicians should discuss the service with eligible patients.</li> <li>Level B: At least fair scientific evidence suggests that the benefits of the clinical service outweighs the potential risks. Clinicians should discuss the service with eligible patients.</li> <li>Level C: At least fair scientific evidence suggests that the clinical service provides benefits, but the balance between benefits and risks is too close for general recommendations. Clinicians need not offer it unless individual considerations apply.</li> <li>Level D: At least fair scientific evidence suggests that the risks of the clinical service outweigh potential benefits. Clinicians should not routinely offer the service to asymptomatic patients.</li> <li>Level I: Scientific evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, such that the risk versus benefit balance cannot be assessed. Clinicians should help patients understand the uncertainty surrounding the clinical service.</li></ul> <p>GRADE guideline panelists may make strong or weak recommendations on the basis of further criteria. Some of the important criteria are the balance between desirable and undesirable effects (not considering cost), the quality of the evidence, values and preferences and costs (resource utilization).<sup id="cite_ref-GRADE_Handbook_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRADE_Handbook-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the differences between systems, the purposes are the same: to guide users of clinical research information on which studies are likely to be most valid. However, the individual studies still require careful critical appraisal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_measures">Statistical measures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Statistical measures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evidence-based medicine attempts to express clinical benefits of tests and treatments using mathematical methods. Tools used by practitioners of evidence-based medicine include: </p> <ul><li>Likelihood ratio <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Likelihood_ratios_in_diagnostic_testing" title="Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing">Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Pre-test_odds" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-test odds">pre-test odds</a> of a particular diagnosis, multiplied by the likelihood ratio, determines the <a href="/wiki/Pre-_and_post-test_probability" title="Pre- and post-test probability">post-test odds</a>. (Odds can be calculated from, and then converted to, the [more familiar] probability.) This reflects <a href="/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem" title="Bayes&#39; theorem">Bayes' theorem</a>. The differences in likelihood ratio between clinical tests can be used to prioritize clinical tests according to their usefulness in a given clinical situation.</li> <li>AUC-ROC The area under the <a href="/wiki/Receiver_operating_characteristic" title="Receiver operating characteristic">receiver operating characteristic</a> curve (AUC-ROC) reflects the relationship between <a href="/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity" title="Sensitivity and specificity">sensitivity and specificity</a> for a given test. High-quality tests will have an AUC-ROC approaching 1, and high-quality publications about clinical tests will provide information about the AUC-ROC. Cutoff values for positive and negative tests can influence specificity and sensitivity, but they do not affect AUC-ROC.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Number_needed_to_treat" title="Number needed to treat">Number needed to treat</a> (NNT)/<a href="/wiki/Number_needed_to_harm" title="Number needed to harm">Number needed to harm</a> (NNH). NNT and NNH are ways of expressing the effectiveness and safety, respectively, of interventions in a way that is clinically meaningful. NNT is the number of people who need to be treated in order to achieve the desired outcome (e.g. survival from cancer) in one patient. For example, if a treatment increases the chance of survival by 5%, then 20 people need to be treated in order for 1 additional patient to survive because of the treatment. The concept can also be applied to diagnostic tests. For example, if 1,339 women age 50–59 need to be invited for breast cancer screening over a ten-year period in order to prevent one woman from dying of breast cancer,<sup id="cite_ref-BandolierStatins2004_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BandolierStatins2004-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> then the NNT for being invited to breast cancer screening is 1339.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quality_of_clinical_trials">Quality of clinical trials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Quality of clinical trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evidence-based medicine attempts to objectively evaluate the quality of clinical research by critically assessing techniques reported by researchers in their publications. </p> <ul><li>Trial design considerations: High-quality studies have clearly defined eligibility criteria and have minimal missing data.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Generalizability considerations: Studies may only be applicable to narrowly defined patient populations and may not be generalizable to other clinical contexts.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Follow-up: Sufficient time for defined outcomes to occur can influence the prospective study outcomes and the <a href="/wiki/Statistical_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistical power">statistical power</a> of a study to detect differences between a treatment and control arm.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Power: A mathematical calculation can determine whether the number of patients is sufficient to detect a difference between treatment arms. A negative study may reflect a lack of benefit, or simply a lack of sufficient quantities of patients to detect a difference.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:03_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Limitations_and_criticism">Limitations and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Limitations and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of limitations and criticisms of evidence-based medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Krauss,_Alexander._2018_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krauss,_Alexander._2018-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Timmermans2005_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timmermans2005-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Two widely cited categorization schemes for the various published critiques of EBM include the three-fold division of Straus and McAlister ("limitations universal to the practice of medicine, limitations unique to evidence-based medicine and misperceptions of evidence-based-medicine")<sup id="cite_ref-Straus-McAlister-2000_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Straus-McAlister-2000-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the five-point categorization of Cohen, Stavri and Hersh (EBM is a poor philosophic basis for medicine, defines evidence too narrowly, is not evidence-based, is limited in usefulness when applied to individual patients, or reduces the autonomy of the doctor/patient relationship).<sup id="cite_ref-Cohen-2004_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cohen-2004-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In no particular order, some published objections include: </p> <ul><li>Research produced by EBM, such as from <a href="/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial" title="Randomized controlled trial">randomized controlled trials</a> (RCTs), may not be relevant for all treatment situations.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid11489034_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid11489034-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Research tends to focus on specific populations, but individual persons can vary substantially from population norms. Because certain population segments have been historically under-researched (due to reasons such as race, gender, age, and co-morbid diseases), evidence from RCTs may not be generalizable to those populations.<sup id="cite_ref-orvyhi_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orvyhi-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thus, EBM applies to groups of people, but this should not preclude clinicians from using their personal experience in deciding how to treat each patient. One author advises that "the knowledge gained from clinical research does not directly answer the primary clinical question of what is best for the patient at hand" and suggests that evidence-based medicine should not discount the value of clinical experience.<sup id="cite_ref-Tonelli99_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonelli99-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another author stated that "the practice of evidence-based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research."<sup id="cite_ref-sackett2_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sackett2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Use of evidence-based guidelines often fits poorly for complex, multimorbid patients. This is because the guidelines are usually based on clinical studies focused on single diseases. In reality, the recommended treatments in such circumstances may interact unfavorably with each other and often lead to polypharmacy.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The theoretical ideal of EBM (that every narrow clinical question, of which hundreds of thousands can exist, would be answered by <a href="/wiki/Meta-analysis" title="Meta-analysis">meta-analysis</a> and systematic reviews of multiple RCTs) faces the limitation that research (especially the RCTs themselves) is expensive; thus, in reality, for the foreseeable future, the demand for EBM will always be much higher than the supply, and the best humanity can do is to triage the application of scarce resources.</li> <li>Research can be influenced by biases such as political or <a href="/wiki/Religious_bias" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious bias">belief bias</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Publication_bias" title="Publication bias">publication bias</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_in_academic_publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Conflict of interest in academic publishing">conflict of interest in academic publishing</a>. For example, studies with conflicts due to industry funding are more likely to favor their product.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has been argued that contemporary evidence based medicine is an illusion, since evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Systematic Reviews methodologies are capable of bias and abuse in respect of (i) choice of inclusion criteria (ii) choice of outcome measures, comparisons and analyses (iii) the subjectivity inevitable in Risk of Bias assessments, even when codified procedures and criteria are observed.<sup id="cite_ref-Bias_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bias-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bias2_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bias2-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bias3_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bias3-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An example of all these problems can be seen in a Cochrane Review,<sup id="cite_ref-Bias4_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bias4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as analyzed by Edmund J. Fordham, et al. in their relevant review.<sup id="cite_ref-Bias_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bias-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>A lag exists between when the RCT is conducted and when its results are published.<sup id="cite_ref-CaseReport_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaseReport-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>A lag exists between when results are published and when they are properly applied.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocognition" title="Hypocognition">Hypocognition</a> (the absence of a simple, consolidated mental framework into which new information can be placed) can hinder the application of EBM.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Value_(personal_and_cultural)" class="mw-redirect" title="Value (personal and cultural)">Values</a>: while patient values are considered in the original definition of EBM, the importance of values is not commonly emphasized in EBM training, a potential problem under current study.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>A 2018 study, "Why all randomised controlled trials produce biased results", assessed the 10 most cited RCTs and argued that trials face a wide range of biases and constraints, from trials only being able to study a small set of questions amenable to randomisation and generally only being able to assess the <i>average</i> treatment effect of a sample, to limitations in extrapolating results to another context, among many others outlined in the study.<sup id="cite_ref-Krauss,_Alexander._2018_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krauss,_Alexander._2018-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Application_of_evidence_in_clinical_settings">Application of evidence in clinical settings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Application of evidence in clinical settings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the emphasis on evidence-based medicine, unsafe or ineffective medical practices continue to be applied, because of patient demand for tests or treatments, because of failure to access information about the evidence, or because of the rapid pace of change in the scientific evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, between 2003 and 2017, the evidence shifted on hundreds of medical practices, including whether <a href="/wiki/Hormone_replacement_therapy" title="Hormone replacement therapy">hormone replacement therapy</a> was safe, whether babies should be given certain vitamins, and whether <a href="/wiki/Antidepressant_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Antidepressant drugs">antidepressant drugs</a> are effective in people with <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer&#39;s disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even when the evidence unequivocally shows that a treatment is either not safe or not effective, it may take many years for other treatments to be adopted.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are many factors that contribute to lack of uptake or implementation of evidence-based recommendations.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These include lack of awareness at the individual clinician or patient (micro) level, lack of institutional support at the organisation level (meso) level or higher at the policy (macro) level.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In other cases, significant change can require a generation of physicians to <a href="/wiki/Retirement" title="Retirement">retire</a> or die and be replaced by physicians who were trained with more recent evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Physicians may also reject evidence that conflicts with their anecdotal experience or because of cognitive biases – for example, a vivid memory of a rare but shocking outcome (the <a href="/wiki/Availability_heuristic" title="Availability heuristic">availability heuristic</a>), such as a patient dying after refusing treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They may overtreat to "do something" or to address a patient's emotional needs.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They may worry about malpractice charges based on a discrepancy between what the patient expects and what the evidence recommends.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They may also overtreat or provide ineffective treatments because the treatment feels biologically plausible.<sup id="cite_ref-Epstein_103-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epstein-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is the responsibility of those developing clinical guidelines to include an implementation plan to facilitate uptake.<sup id="cite_ref-Loza_2022_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loza_2022-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The implementation process will include an implementation plan, analysis of the context, identifying barriers and facilitators and designing the strategies to address them.<sup id="cite_ref-Loza_2022_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loza_2022-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_medicine&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Training in evidence based medicine is offered across the continuum of medical education.<sup id="cite_ref-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Educational competencies have been created for the education of health care professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sicily_statement_on_evidence-based-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Berlin questionnaire and the Fresno Test<sup id="cite_ref-pmid12468485_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid12468485-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmid143529_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid143529-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> are validated instruments for assessing the effectiveness of education in evidence-based medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid16954491_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid16954491-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmid15514352_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid15514352-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These questionnaires have been used in diverse settings.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid21686291_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid21686291-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmid21286836_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid21286836-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Campbell systematic review that included 24 trials examined the effectiveness of <a href="/wiki/E-learning" class="mw-redirect" title="E-learning">e-learning</a> in improving evidence-based health care knowledge and practice. It was found that e-learning, compared to no learning, improves evidence-based health care knowledge and skills but not attitudes and behaviour. No difference in outcomes is present when comparing e-learning with face-to-face learning. Combining e-learning and face-to-face learning (blended learning) has a positive impact on evidence-based knowledge, skills, attitude and behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a form of e-learning, some medical school students engage in editing Wikipedia to increase their EBM skills,<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and some students construct EBM materials to develop their skills in communicating medical knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="MD–PhD">MD–PhD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Scientist_Training_Program" title="Medical Scientist Training Program">Medical Scientist Training Program</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">Alternative medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_health_professions" title="Allied health professions">Allied health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molecular_oncology" title="Molecular oncology">Molecular oncology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanomedicine" title="Nanomedicine">Nanomedicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalized_medicine" title="Personalized medicine">Personalized medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health">Public health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_health" 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protocols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaptive_clinical_trial" class="mw-redirect" title="Adaptive clinical trial">Adaptive clinical trial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academic_clinical_trials" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic clinical trials">Academic clinical trials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinical_study_design" title="Clinical study design">Clinical study design</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Evidence-based medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_world_evidence" title="Real world evidence">Real world evidence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_and_public_involvement" title="Patient and public involvement">Patient and public involvement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scientific_control" title="Scientific control">Controlled study</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence#USA" title="Hierarchy of evidence">EBM I to II-1</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Case study">Case study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_report" title="Case report">Case report</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Outcome_measure" title="Outcome measure">Measures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Epidemiological_methods#Measures_of_occurrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Epidemiological methods">Occurrence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Incidence_(epidemiology)" title="Incidence (epidemiology)">Incidence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumulative_incidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumulative incidence">Cumulative incidence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prevalence" title="Prevalence">Prevalence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Point_prevalence" class="mw-redirect" title="Point prevalence">Point prevalence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Period_prevalence" class="mw-redirect" title="Period prevalence">Period prevalence</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Epidemiological_methods#Measures_of_association" class="mw-redirect" title="Epidemiological methods">Association</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Risk_difference" title="Risk difference">Risk difference</a>, <a href="/wiki/Number_needed_to_treat" title="Number needed to treat">Number needed to treat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Number_needed_to_harm" title="Number needed to harm">Number needed to harm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risk_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="Risk ratio">Risk ratio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Relative_risk_reduction" title="Relative risk reduction">Relative risk reduction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odds_ratio" title="Odds ratio">Odds ratio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hazard_ratio" title="Hazard ratio">Hazard ratio</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Population_impact_measure" title="Population impact measure">Population impact</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Attributable_fraction_among_the_exposed" title="Attributable fraction among the exposed">Attributable fraction among the exposed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attributable_fraction_for_the_population" title="Attributable fraction for the population">Attributable fraction for the population</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preventable_fraction_among_the_unexposed" title="Preventable fraction among the unexposed">Preventable fraction among the unexposed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preventable_fraction_for_the_population" title="Preventable fraction for the population">Preventable fraction for the population</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Epidemiological_methods#Other_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="Epidemiological methods">Other</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Clinical_endpoint" title="Clinical endpoint">Clinical endpoint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virulence" title="Virulence">Virulence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infectivity" title="Infectivity">Infectivity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mortality_rate" title="Mortality rate">Mortality rate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morbidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Morbidity">Morbidity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Case_fatality_rate" title="Case fatality rate">Case fatality rate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Specificity_and_sensitivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Specificity and sensitivity">Specificity and sensitivity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Likelihood_ratios_in_diagnostic_testing" title="Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing">Likelihood-ratios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pre-_and_post-test_probability" title="Pre- and post-test probability">Pre- and post-test probability</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trial/test types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/In_vitro" title="In vitro">In vitro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_vivo" title="In vivo">In vivo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_testing" title="Animal testing">Animal testing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_testing_on_non-human_primates" title="Animal testing on non-human primates">Animal testing on non-human primates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First-in-man_study" class="mw-redirect" title="First-in-man study">First-in-man study</a></li> <li><a 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