What makes something worth reading?PopulationFindingsTypes of studies - epidemiological, vs clinical trial etc..To really understand a study you need to than just the abstract. The abstract is a great introduction however doesn’t give us enough context or information.Each of the different studies have their own strengths and weaknesses. To summarise: Evidence Summaries (Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis)Experimental studies (RCT’s and non-RCT’s)Observational studies (case control, case report, cohort study)Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311504831_Options_for_basing_Dietary_Reference_Intakes_DRIs_on_chronic_disease_endpoints_report_from_a_joint_US-Canadian-sponsored_working_groupCASP (and other critical appraisal) toolshttps://casp-uk.net/casp-tools-checklists/Type of study - RCT vs cohort/observational vs systematic review vs case control. In vitro (test tube) vs in vivo, Animal vs humanRandomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials = gold standard Aims and study qnHow were subject recruited?Randomisation and blindingPopulation size + power of the findings - the bigger the sample size, the more reliable the study is.Demographics - age, sex, health status - this will help you indetify if the paper is relevant to you or your client group. No point in drawing inferences from a paper which looks at muscle mass in an elderly population group if the group you work with are

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