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Principles of Clinical Epidemiology

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During the last decade evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a dominant approach in many medical fields, including ophthalmology. Clinical epidemiological studies provide evidence that can aid the decision-making processes. An overwhelming amount of clinical epidemiological papers are being published every year, and critical appraisal of the findings can be challenging, especially for the busy clinician who is not formally trained in the field of clinical epidemiology. Therefore the available evidence is increasingly bundled in clinical guidelines. The aim of this chapter is to provide the readers with some basic knowledge to allow them to judge the value of clinical epidemiological papers and thus of the pillars of evidence-based clinical guidelines. Examples from ocular oncology will be used to illustrate the methodological principles.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Annette C. Moll MD, PhD

  2. Department of Health Sciences, VU University, Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Michiel R. de Boer PhD

  3. Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Michiel R. de Boer PhD

  4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Lex M. Bouter PhD

  5. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Nakul Singh MS

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  1. Dept. of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

  2. Ocular Oncology Service, Dept. of Ophthalmol., University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bertil Damato

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Moll, A.C., de Boer, M.R., Bouter, L.M., Singh, N. (2014). Principles of Clinical Epidemiology. In: Singh, A., Damato, B. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40489-4_1

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