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2017 | OriginalPaper | Hoofdstuk
4. Study design
Auteurs : L. M. Bouter, G. A. Zielhuis, M. P. A. Zeegers
Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Abstract
This chapter explains how analytical epidemiological studies should be designed in order to find the link between a determinant and a health outcome. A variety of approaches can be used: for example, investigating the influence of factors on the development of a particular condition (an etiological study); investigating the influence of factors on the course of a disease (a prognostic study); investigating the extent to which medical tests give correct predictions (a diagnostic study) or the efficacy of preventive or therapeutic interventions (an intervention study).