NEOMED Library: Journal Club Presentation Resources (Statistics Help): Confounders / Placebo Control or Other Control

Confounders

Confounding in Observational Studies Explained
Association or Causation? How Do We Ever Know?
CEBM and University of Oxford's Catalogue of Bias. It includes an explanation of confounding.
Assessing bias: the importance of considering confounding
Skelly AC, Dettori JR, Brodt ED. Assessing bias: the importance of considering confounding. Evid Based Spine Care J. 2012;3(1):9-12. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1298595
Confounders
Understanding Health Research
Confounding and Confounders
McNamee R. Confounding and confounders. Occup Environ Med. 2003 Mar;60(3):227-34; quiz 164, 234. doi: 10.1136/oem.60.3.227. PMID: 12598677; PMCID: PMC1740493.

Drug Study Designs - Information Sheet Guidance for Institutional Review Boards and Clinical Investigators
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Placebo-Controlled Trials and Active-Control Trials in the Evaluation of New Treatments. Part 1: Ethical and Scientific Issues
Temple R, Ellenberg SS. Placebo-controlled trials and active-control trials in the evaluation of new treatments. Part 1: ethical and scientific issues. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(6):455-63.
Placebo-controlled Trials and Active-control Trials in the Evaluation of New Treatments. Part 2: Practical Issues and Specific Cases
Ellenberg SS, Temple R. Placebo-controlled trials and active-control trials in the evaluation of new treatments. Part 2: practical issues and specific cases. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(6):464-70.
Placebo Versus Best-Available-Therapy Control Group in Clinical Trials for Pharmacologic Therapies Which Is Better?
Castro M. Placebo versus best-available-therapy control group in clinical trials for pharmacologic therapies.Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007 Oct 1;4(7):570-3.
Sham Procedure Versus Usual Care as the Control in Clinical Trials of Devices: Which is Better?
Sutherland ER. Sham procedure versus usual care as the control in clinical trials of devices: which is better?. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007;4(7):574-6.