This workshop took the format of a journal club discussion. As we critically appraised the paper, we looked in particular at the quantitative data presented and the statistical methods used. This practice in critical appraisal is useful to anyone carrying out reviews based on quantitative data.

In the discussion, we used the following paper:

van Gassel, R. J. J., et al. (2021). High prevalence of pulmonary sequelae at 3 months after hospital discharge in mechanically ventilated survivors of covid-19. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 203(3), 371–374. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202010-3823LE

About Kelly Fleetwood: Kelly is a statistician at the Usher Institute. Her current work involves investigating the relationship between physical and mental illnesses. Prior to joining the Usher Institute, Kelly worked in industry where, amongst other things, she was the lead statistician on many systematic review and meta-analysis projects.