眼科文献中的统计数据以及与对统计数据的知识,态度和实践的调整
Isabelle Jalbert1, Sally Alkhawajah1,2, Nancy Briggs3
1School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Clinical & experimental optometry
|March 3, 2026
概括
澳大利亚的眼科医生表现出适度的知识和态度,但在统计学方面实践不佳. 了解基本的统计方法对于批判性地评估眼科研究和为临床决策提供信息至关重要.
科学领域:
- 眼科和眼镜检查的眼科和眼镜检查
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 医学教育 医学教育
背景情况:
- 眼科医生需要强大的研究评估技能来做出临床决策.
- 统计素养对于解释眼科文献至关重要.
- 澳大利亚眼科医生当前的统计知识,态度和实践 (KAP) 并没有得到很好的描述.
研究的目的:
- 确定眼科研究中普遍存在的统计方法.
- 评估澳大利亚眼科医生对统计数据的知识,态度和实践 (KAP).
- 确定统计可访问性和识别教育需求.
主要方法:
- 在四个具有影响力的眼科期刊中分析统计方法.
- 35项KAP调查的分配给澳大利亚眼科医生的随机样本.
- 使用描述性统计,千二测试,赔率比率,克伦巴赫α和回归模型进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 描述性统计,t测试和应急表是最常见的统计方法.
- 77%的文章在了解前10个统计方法的情况下是可以理解的.
- 眼科医生在统计学方面表现出适度的知识 (44%) 和态度 (47%),但不良的实践 (31%),女性得分较低.
- 75%的人对解释推理统计数据缺乏信心.
结论:
- 眼科医生需要熟练掌握描述性和基本推理统计学,以便对文献进行评估.
- 该研究强调了眼科医生在统计实践中的重大差距.
- 经过验证的KAP调查可以为眼科医生提供有针对性的统计教育.
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