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- 1Study DesignA plan to translate conceptual hypothesis into an operational one
- 2Descriptive Studies(who, where, when)
-Aim to generate a hypothesis
-Identify a health problem that may exist
-Provide a basis for planning, provision, and evaluation of health - 3Analytical Studies(how, why)
-test hypothesis
-identify the etiology of the health problem
-key feature is a comparison group - 4Prospective StudyLooks forward/to the future & examines future events, follows a condition/concern/disease into the future
- 5Retrospective studyLooks back and is like "dayum shit happened"
-examines events that have already occured - 6Study Design SequenceCase Reports -> Case Series -> Descriptive Epidemiology -> Animal study/lab study/analytic epidemiology
-Analytic epidemiology -> Clinical Trials
- Analytical epidemiology -> Hypothesis testing (cohort/case-control/cross-sectional) - 7Epidemiological Framework for Increaseing knowledge of disease/exposureDescriptive studies -> case control studies -> Cohort studies ->clinical trials
- 8Case Reports-Detailed presentation of a single case/s
-generally report a new or unique finding
e.g unexpected link between diseases/unexpected therapeutic effect, previous undescribed disease - 9Case Series-Experience of a group of patients with a similar diagnosis
-Assesses prevalent disease
-cases may be identified from a single or multiple sources
-generally report on new/unique condition
-may be only realistic design for rare disorders - 10Cross-Sectional StudiesAn Observational design that surveys exposures and disease status at A SINGLE POINT IN TIME (cross-sec of a pop.)
- 11Observational Studies-Do not involve any intervention or experiment
- 12Experimental-Entail manipulation of the study factor (exposure) & and randomization of subjects to treatment
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- Behavioral Epidemiology: Flashcards on Untitled, created by Diego Rocha on 13/01/2018.
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