PART I – Cohort Studies
Read the cohort study entitled “Incidence of Types of Cancer among HIV-Infected Persons Compared with the General Population in the United States, 1992-2003” and answer the following questions.
1. What is the research question?
2. What is the health outcome of interest? (i.e. disease/condition or injury)
3. What is the exposure?
4. Indicate the type of cohort study?
5. How was the participants obtained for this study?
6. Was data collected at baseline?
7. Was data collected via follow-up?
8. Indicate the data analysis utilized in this study?
9. Summarize the results of the study?
10. Write the article citation as it would appear in a reference list in APA format.
PART II – Randomized Clinical Trials
Read the experimental study/randomized clinical trial entitled “Ondansetron, granisetron, and dexamethsone compared for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholescystectomy” and answer the following questions.
1. What is the research question?
2. What is the health outcome of interest? (i.e. disease/condition or injury)
3. What is the exposure?
4. How was the participants obtained for this study? Indicate the inclusion and exclusion criteria if applicable. What was the initial sample size? How many groups? How was the subjects grouped?
5. Was data collected at baseline?
6. Was data collected via follow-up?
7. Were subjects blinded? Was a placebo used in this study?
8. Indicate the data analysis utilized in this study?
9. Summarize the results of the study?
10. Write the article citation as it would appear in a reference list in APA format.