Experimental Studies and Epidemiology analysis

Experimental Studies and Epidemiology analysis. The PAR (population attributable risk) is often used to target behaviors or factors that will reduce the greatest morbidity of a disease.

Measures Associated with Risk

• Select a disease, find a peer-reviewed article that uses an observational study design.
• Answer the following questions:
• What is the study design?
• What measures of association where used in this study?
• Were these measures interpreted correctly?

Study Design

• Select a primary peer-reviewed journal article pertaining to a DIFFERENT disease of interest.
• Read the article. Answer the following questions:
• What study design was used?
• How did the study design limit the findings of the article?
• Could a better study design be selected? Why or Why not?

Experimental Studies and Epidemiology: Studies

Every experiment in the United States has to be registered with ClinicalTrials.gov. Visit the clinical trials website. Select a disease(not covid-19) that is of interest to you. Search that disease in clinical trials. Select a clinical trial that is currently going on with this disease and describe the clinical trial, inclusion, and exclusion criteria. What phase is this trial? Is it single or double blind? What methods does it use (Random Clinical Trial, Community Intervention, Pre/post method or single group design). what do you think are the limitations of this trial based on what is written in the clinical trials summary of the methodsLink Below: https://clinicaltrials.gov/.

Disease Exposure

Moreover, You are to select a DIFFERENT exposure and disease. Then use one of the modes of cause and effect to explain the relationship. Remember epidemiology is a quantitative discipline. Your answers must use appropriate epidemiological statistics to help describe the association.

Risk Factors

• Select a disease, find a peer-reviewed article that uses an observational study design.
• Answer the following questions:
• What is the study design?
• What measures of association where used in this study?
• Were these measures interpreted correctly?