El diseño ideal para estimar los efectos de intervenciones es un ensayo clínico con asignación aleatoria (AA), en los que esta AA a la intervención, equilibra características observadas y no observadas de los sujetos que componen los grupos en estudio. Si no se puede realizar AA, existe una alternat...
ABSTRACT The objective of this essay is to discuss the social desirability bias in qualitative health research. The social desirability bias consists of a systematic research error, in which the participant presents answers that are more socially acceptable than their true opinions or behaviors. Qualitat...
RESUMEN El entendimiento del razonamiento clínico es una necesidad para la investigación, la docencia y la práctica clínica. Los modelos teóricos subyacentes podrían agruparse en tres grandes ejes no excluyentes. El primero es denominado bayesiano informal según su estructura semejante al análisi...
Abstract Metacognition is an important higher-order thinking process for successful learning. The present study investigated the relation between students' (N = 65) expectations about their grade (expressed as difference scores between expected grade and actual grade) and their metacognitive monitoring a...
BACKGROUND: Diseases and treatments have different presentations and impact in men and women due to sex and gender differences. This issue justifies a gender differentiated approach in clinical practice guidelines. AIM: To evaluate gender biases in the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) of the Explicit H...
Abstract Background Self-reported hypertension is a useful method to estimate prevalence in the population. However, it is necessary to evaluate its accuracy, in relation to the gold-standard diagnostic methods of the disease. Objectives To estimate combined measures of sensitivity and specificity fo...
Metacognition is predominantly measured by the self-report and think-aloud methods. This is problematic since they produce considerable both respondent and confirmatory biases, which implies damage to the measurement. The Metacognitive Monitoring Test (MMT) was created to evaluate metacognition through p...
A utilização de procedimentos estatísticos é de fundamental importância para a interpretação apropriada de um conjunto de dados. Desta forma, a baixa aderência do teste aos dados selecionados pode levar a conclusões inadequadas. Portanto, a escolha do teste paramétrico e não paramétrico para ...
