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  • Critical care medicine
  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical trials

Background:

  • Clinicians often lack comprehensive biostatistical knowledge.
  • Understanding statistical methods in critical care research is essential for interpreting trial results.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To categorize and summarize statistical methodologies used in recent critical care randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
  • To compare current statistical practices with historical data.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive analysis of RCTs published between 2011 and 2015 in ten high-impact clinical journals.
  • Data extraction from published trial reports to identify and categorize statistical tests and methods.

Main Results:

  • A total of 580 statistical methods were identified in 116 RCTs.
  • The chi-square test (60%), Cox proportional hazards model (54%), and logistic regression (46%) were most common.
  • An increase in the proportion of complex statistical methodologies was observed compared to previous studies.

Conclusions:

  • Physicians encounter a wide and growing array of biostatistical methods in critical care RCTs.
  • In-depth statistical training may be impractical for clinicians; specialist biostatistical support is valuable for evidence-based practice.