Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020 Feb 5;20(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-0916-4.
The quality of medical research importantly depends, among other aspects, on a valid statistical planning of the study, analysis of the data, and reporting of the results, which is usually guaranteed by a biostatistician. However, there are several related professions next to the biostatistician, for example epidemiologists, medical informaticians and bioinformaticians. For medical experts, it is often not clear what the differences between these professions are and how the specific role of a biostatistician can be described. For physicians involved in medical research, this is problematic because false expectations often lead to frustration on both sides. Therefore, the aim of this article is to outline the tasks and responsibilities of biostatisticians in clinical trials as well as in other fields of application in medical research.
医学研究的质量在很大程度上取决于研究的统计规划、数据分析和结果报告的有效性，这些通常由生物统计学家来保证。然而，除了生物统计学家，还有其他几个相关的专业，例如流行病学家、医学信息学家和生物信息学家。对于医学专家来说，这些专业之间的区别以及生物统计学家的具体角色通常并不清楚。对于参与医学研究的医生来说，这是有问题的，因为错误的期望往往会导致双方的沮丧。因此，本文的目的是概述临床试验以及医学研究其他应用领域中生物统计学家的任务和职责。
