Population Health 0.0 / 5 ? Health & Social CarePopulation Health 111UniversityNone Created by: cdbuckleyCreated on: 30-03-15 07:50 6374521 Across 1. RAMBOMAN is the acronym used to demonstrate where non-random error can occur in epidemiological studies (8) 5. Participants, Exposure, Comparison, Outcomes, Time (5) 6. The ‘A’ question is: were the study participants successfully allocated (± adjustment) to the Exposure Group (EG) and the Comparison Group (CG)? Ideally the exposure and comparison groups would have the same 'baseline' characteristics. (10, 5) Down 2. In epidemiological studies, random errors are errors that occur due to chance, rather than due to the way studies are designed and conducted. Most random errors can be reduced by increasing study size or the no. of times a factor is measured (6, 5) 3. A also stands for ‘Adjusted’ analyses – The additional ‘A’ question: if there were differences in the characteristics of participants in EG and CG that could affect the study disease outcomes (i.e. confounders), were they adjusted for in the analyses (10, 1, 8) 4. The ‘M’ question is: were most of the participants maintained throughout the study in the groups (EG & CG) to which they were initially allocated? (11, 5) 7. The ‘R’ question is: who was recruited into the study? AND is it possible to define a group of people or population that the participants represent and that the study findings can be applied to? 2 types; external validity error and selection error (12)
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