Review

Impact of Patient Selection in Various Study Designs: Identifying Potential Bias in Clinical Results

Many different study designs are used to address different types of clinical questions. The two broad categories are the experimental study, which is the randomized controlled trial, and observational studies, which includes all of the other basic study designs (cohort [prospective and retrospective] studies, case-control [etiologic] studies, cross-sectional [prevalence] studies,…

Posted in: critical appraisal 2 evidence-based medicine 18 randomized controlled trial 2 Special Issue 75

Original Article

Evaluation of a Community-based Organization's Intervention to Reduce the Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Background The study objectives were to determine whether a community-based organization's intensive counseling intervention would reduce sexually transmitted disease (STD) acquisition among high-risk STD clinic patients and to determine whether a low-cost trial could be conducted in a community-based setting with passive follow-up. Methods Participants were randomly assigned to routine…

Posted in: counseling 6 randomized controlled trial 2 sexually transmitted diseases 3
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