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NURSE WISEMAN 2026/2027 MEDICINE
, nurs 340 unit 7 Nurse Practitioners
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in what type of study is the group followed over time?
cohort study
- one of people with the disease or outcome of interest
(cases)
- the other group of people with the same general
characteristics but without the disease (controls)
- compare the past exposures of both groups
case control study
prevalence studies snapshot of a population
cross sectional study
- bridges both descriptive and analytic epidemiology
- the analytic aspect tries to determine if there is a
relation of disease based on rate and risk variation
ecological study
the "gold standards" of clinical trials includes:
- test group and control group
- double blind study
- placebo groups are used in drug
- objective is to test interventions