DATA POINT - TESTS OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE A HICS INITIATIVE
Dr Manoj Raju Prabandhakam Aster Narayanadri Hospital, Tirupati Appropriate interpretation of research results from the clinical significance point is crucial for clinical decision-making and Evidence-based practice. Clinical significance measures the practical, real-world impact of a treatment, distinct from statistical significance, which only indicates that findings are likely not due to chance (p< 0.05). From a clinical point of view, the statistically significant difference among groups is not of prime importance. (1) Before diving into clinical significance, the six points about p -value to consider are: (2) 1. P values can be indicative of the level of discrepancy between the data and a specific statistical model. 2. P values do not quantify the probability of the tested hypothesis being true or the probability of the data resulting solely from random chance. ...