Kiril S Slaveykov, Valentin K Stoyanov, Kalina Z Trifonova
Professional Stress and Burnout Syndrome During the Covid Pandemic in the Medical Field
Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
many medical journals including jama restrict use causal language reporting randomized clinical trials although wellconducted randomized clinical trials remain preferred approach answering causal questions methods observational studies advanced causal interpretations results wellconducted observational studies may possible strong assumptions hold furthermore observational studies may practical source information answering questions causal effects medical policy interventions support study interventions populations settings reflect practice help identify interventions experimental investigation identifying opportunities appropriate use causal language describing observational studies important communication medical journals structured approach whether causal language may used describing observational studies would enhance communication research goals support assessment assumptions design analytic choices allow clear accurate interpretation results building extensive literature causal inference across diverse disciplines suggest framework observational studies aim provide evidence causal effects interventions based 6 core questions causal question quantity would known answer causal question study design causal assumptions made observed data used answer causal question principle practice causal interpretation analyses tenable adoption proposed framework identify causal interpretation appropriate observational studies promises facilitate better communication authors reviewers editors readers practical implementation require cooperation editors authors reviewers operationalize framework evaluate effect reporting empirical research