Kassing D R, Ritter M A, Faris P M, Keating E M, Nyhuis A W
Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, Mooresville, Ind, 46158.
Orthopedics. 1989 Dec;12(12):1531-42. doi: 10.3928/0147-7447-19891201-05.
An orthopedic practitioner can facilitate clinical research and analyze quality assurance data with a minor investment in a personal computer, an optical scanner, and two software packages, namely a database manager and a statistics program. One of the most time-consuming stages in the research process includes entering patient chart data, editing and manipulating the data (database management), and analyzing the data (statistical analysis). This can be automated to a large extent with the above mentioned equipment. This article focuses on the steps involved in organizing an orthopedic office for research. The steps include choosing a method of data entry, choosing and implementing a database package, and choosing and implementing a statistics package. This discussion is followed by a practical review of basic statistics applicable to orthopedic research. Several simple and advanced tests are described and examples are given for each.
骨科从业者只需对个人电脑、光学扫描仪和两个软件包（即数据库管理器和统计程序）进行少量投资，就能推动临床研究并分析质量保证数据。研究过程中最耗时的阶段之一包括输入患者病历数据、编辑和处理数据（数据库管理）以及分析数据（统计分析）。使用上述设备可以在很大程度上实现自动化。本文重点介绍为开展研究而组织骨科诊所所涉及的步骤。这些步骤包括选择数据录入方法、选择并实施数据库软件包以及选择并实施统计软件包。接下来是对适用于骨科研究的基础统计学的实践综述。描述了几种简单和高级测试，并针对每种测试给出了示例。
