Study Designs

Question 1

List 3 things that descriptive epidemiology is used for?

Answer 1

1. To study the frequency and distribution of health related states.
2. Hypothesis generating
3. Used in cross sectional, case report, ecological, and case series study.

Question 2

List 2 things descriptions about analytic studies

Answer 2

1. Hypothesis testing method of investigating an association between study factor and outcome.
2. Used in Cross sectional, case report, ecological, and case series study.

Question 3

Case report

Answer 3

1. Describes a single case

2. Has interesting findings

Question 4

Cases series

Answer 4

A small group of cases with a similar diagnosis

Question 5

Ecological study design

Answer 5

1. The unit of analysis is the group, not the individual.
2. Correlations are obtained between exposure rates and disease (or outcome) rates among different groups or populations.