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Module 4
Cohort studies
This is defined as a study design which follows the particular members of respective candidates such as a candidate whose exposure to a treatment and any vaccine trial, those with a disorder or disease etc. To analyze the outcomes or results after a certain period of time.
The observational cohort studies of HIV-infected African minors by Laufer et al, 2006.
Case Control Studies
Case control studies expose to estimate the impact of an arbitration or any disease. The person with a particular disease or valuing a specific arbitration are analyzed with others who don’t have any type of syndromes or sickness or haven’t experiences any type of arbitration.
The objective of this study to finalized the outcomes from a specific group but not from the others. In case to reduce the number of causative factors which might be similar to the varies in clinical cases and studies.
This case control study could be subject to recall partiality between two different batches. Generally, the design is similarly inexpensive and could be completed in a short span of time with small group of scientists or researchers.
Case Reports
Case reports are generally archives of the single cases or patients’. according to case reports, it provides the signs, symptoms, treatment, and follow up of a patient.
Five noted topics or headings that mainly most cases report focus on:
- Un-predicted alliances between symptoms and disease
- Unpredicted management in the course of curing a patient
- Novel symptoms of a disease
- Various adverse effects
- Different therapeutic significance and approaches
The benefit of the this type of case studies is allow us to investigate the various unpredicted outcomes which can lead to raise the next level knowledge.