Journal article
Interobserver agreement in the application of levels of evidence to scientific papers in the American volume of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Since January 2003, all clinical scientific articles published in the American volume of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS-A) have included a level-of-evidence rating. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the interobserver agreement among reviewers, with varying levels of epidemiology training, in categorizing the levels of evidence of these clinical studies.
METHODS: Fifty-one consecutive clinical papers published …
Authors
Bhandari M; Swiontkowski MF; Einhorn TA; Tornetta P; Schemitsch EH; Leece P; Sprague S; Wright JG
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, Vol. 86, No. 8, pp. 1717–1720
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
8 2004
DOI
10.2106/00004623-200408000-00016
ISSN
0021-9355