改变医学研究思维的必要性. 生态系统研究框架更适合探索模式疾病行为
Joachim P Sturmberg1,2, Jennifer H Martin1, Francesco Tramonti3
1School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Frontiers in medicine
|June 18, 2024
概括
由于研究设计和结果的相关性,医生经常误解临床研究. 需要一个生态系统的方法,以更好的临床决策在现实世界的病人护理.
科学领域:
- 临床研究评估临床研究评估.
- 基于证据的医学是基于证据的医学.
- 医疗保健研究方法的方法.
背景情况:
- 执业医生在临床研究研究的批判性评估方面面临挑战.
- 常见的问题包括过度依赖期刊声誉,低估实用相关性和误解统计学意义.
- 医生可能会忽视研究,如果人口不匹配他们的病人,或者如果好处是务实上很小.
研究的目的:
- 突出临床研究成果与其在日常医疗实践中的实际应用之间的脱节.
- 倡导研究方法的转变,以提高研究结果的临床效用.
- 强调研究方法的必要性,以更好地告知个体患者的决策.
主要方法:
- 这项研究批判性地分析了常见的医生评估临床研究的方法.
- 它确定了当前研究设计的具体局限性,例如人口不匹配和小效应大小.
- 建议从缩小主义研究转向生态系统研究的概念转变.
主要成果:
- 在受控研究中,统计学上显著的发现往往产生了小的,务实上无关紧要的好处.
- 临床研究中的研究种群很少与实践中遇到的多样化的患者种群相匹配.
- 整体死亡率经常不受干预的影响,尽管其他结果的统计学意义.
结论:
- 目前的临床研究评估方法对于许多执业医生来说是不够的.
- 转向生态系统研究方法的范式转变对于产生临床相关知识至关重要.
- 这种新方法将更好地支持基于证据的临床决策,在现实环境中为个别患者做出决定.
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