Journal article
Quality assessment of observational studies in psychiatry: an example from perinatal psychiatric research
Abstract
In perinatal psychiatry, randomized controlled trials are often not feasible on ethical grounds. Many studies are observational in nature, while others employ large databases not designed primarily for research purposes. Quality assessment of the resulting research is complicated by a lack of standardized tools specifically for this purpose. The aim of this paper is to describe the Systematic Assessment of Quality in Observational Research …
Authors
Ross LE; Grigoriadis S; Mamisashvili L; Koren G; Steiner M; Dennis C; Cheung A; Mousmanis P
Journal
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 224–234
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2011
DOI
10.1002/mpr.356
ISSN
1049-8931