Cohort Studies in Health Sciences

Health sciences require up-to-date and reliable information for decision-making related to the provision of health services and care. For this it is necessary that health professionals carry out relevant and correct research or appraise the available clinical research. Among the different research d...

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description Health sciences require up-to-date and reliable information for decision-making related to the provision of health services and care. For this it is necessary that health professionals carry out relevant and correct research or appraise the available clinical research. Among the different research designs, cohort studies were developed over a century ago as a powerful methodological tool to determine risk factors for different events or health outcomes. Despite their potential biases and limitations, which are inherent in any epidemiological study, the findings derived from cohort studies provide a high level of evidence for health decision-making. In addition, for many questions derived from health care, and due to the ethical concern or logistic impossibility of conducting a clinical trial, the cohort study can be the best option for clinical research. This book highlights the main characteristics of cohort studies: comparative advantages and disadvantages and their main strengths and limitations; and through examples shows the contribution of findings from cohort studies to be used in the health field.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-669352024-03-31T13:08:34Z Cohort Studies in Health Sciences Mauricio Barría, R. Medicine: general issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues Health sciences require up-to-date and reliable information for decision-making related to the provision of health services and care. For this it is necessary that health professionals carry out relevant and correct research or appraise the available clinical research. Among the different research designs, cohort studies were developed over a century ago as a powerful methodological tool to determine risk factors for different events or health outcomes. Despite their potential biases and limitations, which are inherent in any epidemiological study, the findings derived from cohort studies provide a high level of evidence for health decision-making. In addition, for many questions derived from health care, and due to the ethical concern or logistic impossibility of conducting a clinical trial, the cohort study can be the best option for clinical research. This book highlights the main characteristics of cohort studies: comparative advantages and disadvantages and their main strengths and limitations; and through examples shows the contribution of findings from cohort studies to be used in the health field. 2021-04-20T15:57:54Z 2021-04-20T15:57:54Z 2018 book ONIX_20210420_9781789236958_2294 9781789236958 9781789236941 9781838815455 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/66935 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/6550/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.71243 10.5772/intechopen.71243 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781789236958 9781789236941 9781838815455 IntechOpen 72 open access
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Cohort Studies in Health Sciences
title Cohort Studies in Health Sciences
title_full Cohort Studies in Health Sciences
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title_full_unstemmed Cohort Studies in Health Sciences
title_short Cohort Studies in Health Sciences
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topic Medicine: general issues
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topic_facet Medicine: general issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
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