en.unionpedia.org

EQUATOR Network, the Glossary

The Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of health research Network (EQUATOR Network) is an international initiative aimed at promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research studies to enhance the value and reliability of medical research literature.^[1]

41 relations: Animal studies, ARRIVE guidelines, Artificial intelligence in healthcare, Bond University, Bristol, Canada, Case report, Clinical prediction rule, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, David Moher, Doug Altman, Freiburg im Breisgau, Genetic association, Global Burden of Disease Study, Health economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Iain Chalmers, London, Medical research, Medical test, Metascience, National Health Service, Observational study, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Oxford, Paris Descartes University, Paul Glasziou, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Qualitative research, Quality management, Randomized controlled trial, Research ethics, Royal Society of Medicine, Science of science policy, Science policy, Scientific writing, Statistics, Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology, Systematic review, University of Oxford, Vancouver.
Health in Oxfordshire
Medical research organizations
Organisations associated with the University of Oxford
Reporting guidelines

Animal studies

Animal studies is a recently recognised field in which animals are studied in a variety of cross-disciplinary ways.

See EQUATOR Network and Animal studies

ARRIVE guidelines

The ARRIVE guidelines are a set of guidelines for improving experimental design and reporting standards for animal research, drawn up by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research.

See EQUATOR Network and ARRIVE guidelines

Artificial intelligence in healthcare

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to copy human cognition in the analysis, presentation, and understanding of complex medical and health care data, or to exceed human capabilities by providing new ways to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease.

See EQUATOR Network and Artificial intelligence in healthcare

Bond University

Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland.

See EQUATOR Network and Bond University

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

See EQUATOR Network and Bristol

Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

See EQUATOR Network and Canada

Case report

In medicine, a case report is a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient.

See EQUATOR Network and Case report

Clinical prediction rule

A clinical prediction rule or clinical probability assessment specifies how to use medical signs, symptoms, and other findings to estimate the probability of a specific disease or clinical outcome.

See EQUATOR Network and Clinical prediction rule

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) encompasses various initiatives developed by the CONSORT Group to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials. EQUATOR Network and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials are reporting guidelines.

See EQUATOR Network and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

David Moher

David Moher (born April 17, 1957) is an Irish epidemiologist and senior scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), where he is also Director of the for Journalology, and the Canadian EQUATOR Centre.

See EQUATOR Network and David Moher

Doug Altman

Douglas Graham Altman FMedSci (12 July 1948 – 3 June 2018) was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology.

See EQUATOR Network and Doug Altman

Freiburg im Breisgau

Freiburg im Breisgau (Alemannic: Friburg im Brisgau; Fribourg-en-Brisgau; Freecastle in the Breisgau; mostly called simply Freiburg) is the fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe.

See EQUATOR Network and Freiburg im Breisgau

Genetic association

Genetic association is when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur with a phenotypic trait more often than would be expected by chance occurrence.

See EQUATOR Network and Genetic association

Global Burden of Disease Study

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is a comprehensive regional and global research program of disease burden that assesses mortality and disability from major diseases, injuries, and risk factors.

See EQUATOR Network and Global Burden of Disease Study

Health economics

Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare.

See EQUATOR Network and Health economics

Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public liberal arts university with a Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

See EQUATOR Network and Hong Kong Baptist University

Iain Chalmers

Sir Iain Geoffrey Chalmers (born 3 June 1943) is a British health services researcher, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, and coordinator of the James Lind Initiative, which includes the James Lind Library and James Lind Alliance.

See EQUATOR Network and Iain Chalmers

London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

See EQUATOR Network and London

Medical research

Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of health.

See EQUATOR Network and Medical research

Medical test

A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment.

See EQUATOR Network and Medical test

Metascience (also known as meta-research) is the use of scientific methodology to study science itself.

See EQUATOR Network and Metascience

National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.

See EQUATOR Network and National Health Service

Observational study

In fields such as epidemiology, social sciences, psychology and statistics, an observational study draws inferences from a sample to a population where the independent variable is not under the control of the researcher because of ethical concerns or logistical constraints.

See EQUATOR Network and Observational study

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), formerly Ottawa Health Research Institute, is a non-profit academic health research institute located in the city of Ottawa.

See EQUATOR Network and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

See EQUATOR Network and Oxford

Paris Descartes University

Paris Descartes University (Université Paris 5 René Descartes), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris.

See EQUATOR Network and Paris Descartes University

Paul Glasziou

Paul Philip Glasziou (born 21 May 1954) is an Australian academic physician known for his research in evidence-based medicine.

See EQUATOR Network and Paul Glasziou

PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is an evidence-based minimum set of items aimed at helping scientific authors to report a wide array of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, primarily used to assess the benefits and harms of a health care intervention. EQUATOR Network and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses are reporting guidelines.

See EQUATOR Network and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Qualitative research

Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation.

See EQUATOR Network and Qualitative research

Quality management

Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service consistently functions well.

See EQUATOR Network and Quality management

Randomized controlled trial

A randomized controlled trial (or randomized control trial; RCT) is a form of scientific experiment used to control factors not under direct experimental control.

See EQUATOR Network and Randomized controlled trial

Research ethics

Research ethics is a discipline within the study of applied ethics.

See EQUATOR Network and Research ethics

Royal Society of Medicine

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society based at 1 Wimpole Street, London, UK.

See EQUATOR Network and Royal Society of Medicine

Science of science policy

Science of science policy (SoSP) is an emerging interdisciplinary research area that seeks to develop theoretical and empirical models of the scientific enterprise.

See EQUATOR Network and Science of science policy

Science policy

Science policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for the conduct of science towards the goal of best serving the public interest.

See EQUATOR Network and Science policy

Scientific writing

Scientific writing is writing about science, with an implication that the writing is by scientists and for an audience that primarily includes peersthose with sufficient expertise to follow in detail.

See EQUATOR Network and Scientific writing

Statistics

Statistics (from German: Statistik, "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.

See EQUATOR Network and Statistics

Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology

The STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology) Statement is a reporting guideline including a checklist of 22 items that are considered essential for good reporting of observational studies. EQUATOR Network and Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology are reporting guidelines.

See EQUATOR Network and Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EQUATOR_Network

Also known as Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of health research Network.

EQUATOR Network, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Health in Oxfordshire

Medical research organizations

Organisations associated with the University of Oxford

Reporting guidelines

References