Review article
https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2017_187367
Advantages and disadvantages of cohort and case-control studies
Vanja Giljača
; Zavod za gastroenterologiju, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Davor Štimac
; Zavod za gastroenterologiju, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
Physicians are very often called on by their patients to give lifestyle advice to reduce the odds of contracting a certain disease. Also, it is necessary for physicians to adequately choose among different therapeutic modalities for any given disease. The data that may make these choices easier come in part from cohort and case-control studies. These studies are of relatively low cost and simple to undertake and the results are available in a relatively short time. However, one must be aware of advantages and disadvantages of these types of studies so that the results can be interpreted with certainty in order to make correct clinical decisions.
Keywords
bias; case-control studies; cohort studies; confounding; observational studies
Hrčak ID:
187367
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2017.
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