Journal article
Statistical Significance in Trauma Research: Too Unstable to Trust?
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the stability of statistical findings in the fracture care literature based on minor changes in event rates and to determine the utility of applying both the Fragility Index (FI) and Fragility Quotient (FQ) to comparative orthopaedic trauma trials.
METHODS: All fracture care studies from 1991 to 2013 in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma were screened. The FI was determined by …
Authors
Parisien RL; Dashe J; Cronin PK; Bhandari M; Tornetta P
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. e466–e470
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2019
DOI
10.1097/bot.0000000000001595
ISSN
0890-5339