Overview
Featured Article
Expert Reviews
Methodological Reviewer: Sunil Patel MD, MSc, Department of Surgery, Queens University
Clinical Reviewer: Samantha Hendren, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan
Clinical Reviewer: Des Winter, MD, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Alexandra Zaborowski MD, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Supplementary Articles
Questions
Please read the above articles and be prepared to discuss the following:
- What is the clinical question being addressed?
- Did the HRQL Instruments work in the way they are supposed to?
- Are there important aspects of HRQL that have been omitted?
- Are the HRQL Instruments chosen valid, reliable and responsive?
- Were HRQL assessments appropriately timed to evaluate the effects of the surgical intervention?
- What was the magnitude of the effect on HRQL?
- State the conclusion. Have the authors addressed the question posed?
- Does the evidence support the conclusion?