How to read a scientific article

Keeping up-to-date and determining the veracity of scientific articles and clinical documentation can be overwhelming, so we've put together a checklist to help the healthcare professional to judge:

  • How reliable the results are (the articles strengths, weaknesses and validity)

  • What they mean for you in your clinical work

In fact, for a scientific article to be deemed credible, certain data must be present.

In this article, we provide an excerpt from the checklist.

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Topics: Science Alert, Scientific Article, Clinical Evidence

Combining approaches to bladder and bowel dysfunction

The benefits of patient centered care cannot be overestimated. A holistic approach reveals avenues for care that might otherwise be left neglected – opportunities missed to enhance the wellbeing of the patient. But what would a working model look like when it concerns patients with neurogenic bladder and bowel?

 

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Topics: Bladder and bowel interaction, Neurogenic bladder, Neurogenic bowel