EBDM and Stats

Question 1

What is a cohort study?

Answer 1

Prospective study so follows people over time.

Assesses risk factors of a population and evaluates who gets disease over time. Looking at prognosis and cause

Question 2

Case-control study

Answer 2

Looks at groups of individuals with disease and matches them to those with similar demographics.
Retrospective. Looking for cause.

Question 3

Randomised controlled trial

Answer 3

Weights up benefits and harm and cost effectiveness of different treatment interventions

Question 4

qualitative research studies

Answer 4

people’s perspectives

Question 5

Systematic review

Answer 5

summary of evidence for a specific question. secondary data analysis because it involves taking results from primary studies and collating them.

Question 6

What does PICO stand for?

Answer 6

Patient/problem
Intervention
Comparison intervention (if relevant)
Outcome(s)