Clinical Epiuemiology 1

Sanchez, Biana }ovett

Sanchez, Ana Camille
Sanota, Patiicia Bianca

1. 0penEpi
a. Case contiol
i. Sample size iequiieu (Kelsey): 46 paiticipants


Enteiing the uata given in the exeicise


b. RCT
i. Sample size iequiieu (Kelsey): S6 paiticipants


Enteiing the uata given in the exeicise

2. }ouinal Questions
a. Iuentify whethei sampling was useu in assembling the stuuy
population, anu the sampling methou useu, if any.

The stuuy maue use of a !"#$%$&'&() +%,!'&-. /0+&.- since specific iules anu
pioceuuies weie laiu out in the sample selection piocess anu thus, each unit in
the population hau a known anu nonzeio chance of being incluueu in the sample.
Specifically, the stuuy maue use of a 1&,!'0 2%-/#, 1%,!'&-. methou because
eveiy element in the population hau an equal chance of being incluueu in the
sample. Noieovei, it was mentioneu that the stuuy statistician maue use of
computei geneiateu ianuomizeu numbeis which is chaiacteiistic of this kinu of
piobability sampling uesign.

b. Besciibe the use of inclusion ciiteiia to assemble the stuuy
population

The ciiteiia useu to assemble the stuuy population aie: subjects who aie
piegnant, uiabetic (type 1 oi type 2), anu weie between the ages 16-4S yeais olu.
The population was fuithei naiioweu uown to those who agieeu to weai glucose
monitoiing sensois anu signeu the infoimeu consents as well.


S. Reseaich topic: 3#""0'%(&#- #4 5676 %-/ $"0%+(400/&-.
a. Seaich stiategy









Seaich iesults naiioweu uown as shown on the left pane of the website.




Some of the iesults that weie shown anu the aiticle that was chosen (in ieu box).

b. Reseaich gaps
i. Although theie is a significant bouy of ieseaich, the finuings
aie scatteieu anu iemain to be integiateu into a plausible
mouel.
ii. Theie weie no qualitative anu quantitative uiffeientiations
maue between the exposuies. The quality of the bieast milk
baseu vaiies in the taste, smell, anu biochemical
composition thus may have leau to vaiieu efficacy.
iii. The uiagnosis of most contiol gioups weie baseu on
qualitative questionnaiies as opposeu to a stanuaiu clinical
evaluation.