Journal article
The Fragility of Statistically Significant Findings From Randomized Controlled Trials in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Fragility Index (FI) is a method for evaluating the robustness of statistically significant findings from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) beyond the P value in trials with dichotomous outcomes. The FI is defined as the number of patients in one arm of a trial that would have to have a different outcome to change the results of the trial from statistically significant to nonsignificant. This review assessed the FI in …
Authors
Ekhtiari S; Gazendam AM; Nucci NW; Kruse CC; Bhandari M
Journal
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 2211–2218.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.arth.2020.12.015
ISSN
0883-5403