Application — Understanding Research Reports

Epidemiologic Study Worksheet

Week 4 Application

1) Article Title and Authors

2) Research Question (What did the researchers want the study to determine?)

3) Health Outcome of Interest (What health condition did the researchers study?)

4) Exposure(s) of Interest (What factors did the researchers investigate to determine an association with the outcome listed above? There may be more than one.)

5) Participants (Whom did the researchers study? How many?)

6) Study design (What type of epidemiological study design—observational or experimental—does the study describe? Why?)

7) Type(s)/Method(s) of Data Collection (What type(s) or method(s) were used to collect the data for the study? (e.g. questionnaire, medical records)

8) Results/Main Findings of Study (What were the results of the study? What were the conclusions of the researchers?)