Library Guides: Evidence-based practice: Appraise the evidence

Appraise the evidence

Critical appraisal involves the careful and systematic examination of research to evaluate its trustworthiness, value, and relevance in a specific context. This skill is crucial for evidence-based medicine, enabling the reliable and efficient use of research evidence.

Introduction to Critical Appraisal

Cochrane Mental Health Group (2019) Introduction to critical appraisal. Run time 9.33

Critical appraisal tools and checklists

CASP
CASP offer a number of free downloadable checklists to help you more easily and accurately perform critical appraisal across a number of different study types including;
Randomised Controlled Trial, Systematic Reviews, Qualitative Studies, Diagnostic Studies, Case Control Studies and others
The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI
JBI’s critical appraisal tools assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
AMSTAR 2
AMSTAR stands for A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews and is an instrument used in assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews. AMSTAR 2 has been developed to appraise systematic reviews of both randomized and non-randomized studies.
STROBE
The aim of STROBE is to be STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology and the available checklists are designed for epidemiological studies.
Centre for Evidence Based Practice
Critical Appraisal Tools
BMJ Best Practice
Critical Appraisal Checklists

Evidence-based practice

Appraise the evidence

Introduction to Critical Appraisal

Critical appraisal tools and checklists

Further reading and resources