Description
1.?Provide?one?paragraph?of?summary?of?the?study?you?ve?chosen?](200?words?Max)?in?your?OWN?WORDS?to
show?the?reader?that?you?have?understood?the?study?and?you?everything?about?it?because?you?read?it?few?times.
2.?What?is?the?research?question??Provide?the?full?version
3.?Was?the?study?design?appropriate?and?how?else?can?it?be?done?(give?details?of?another?alternative?design?in
relation?to?the?same?objectives?and?study?settings)?
4.?What?are?the?comparison?groups?in?this?study??Were?they?similar?to?the?cases??explain
5.?Are?the?study?population?representative?of?the?general?population??Explain?your?answer
6.?How?were?the?control?group?selected??What?do?you?think?of?that?
7.?What?analytical?strategy?was?used?to?assess?results?
8.?What?measures?were?used?to?assess?the?relationship?between?risk?factor?and?outcome??Where?these?objective
or?subjective?
9.?What?are?the?types?of?bias?that?may?affect?this?study??Explain?these?specifically?and?in?relation?to?the
following:
??Study?population?(think?of?the?groups)
??Recruitment?process?
??Measurements?used?(observation,?objective?or?subjective,?responder?etc.)
??Issues?related?to?the?use?of?cases?and?control?groups
10.?How?do?you?think?issues?(Bias)?in?the?previous?question?can?influence?the?results?(discuss?this?in?details?and
in?relation?to?the?above)?
11.?Comment?on?external?validity?of?the?results
12.?How?precise?was?the?estimate?of?the?effect?or?the?association?
13.?What?confounders?did?the?authors?adjust?for??In?your?opinion,?could?have?there?been?any?other?confounders
in?his?study?that?could?have?influenced?the?results?(i.e.?the?association?between?exposure?and?outcome)?
*?number?of?pages?haven?t?been?requested?for?the?assignment?as?it?differs?from?each?study.?Kindly?Answer?the
questions?above?+including?summary?(own?words)?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n