Fronteira Ines
Unidade de Saúde Pública Internacional e Bioestatística. Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal..
Acta Med Port. 2013 Nov-Dec;26(6):731-6. Epub 2013 Dec 20.
In this article, we propose a general structure for designing a research protocol of an observational epidemiological study. We start by highlighting the importance of the research protocol, namely in accounting for some bias and guaranteeing methodologic rigor and study reproductability. Next, we reflect on some of the essential elements of a research protocol no matter its objective. We further present some specific issues to be included according to the type of study: cross-sectional, case-control and cohort.
在本文中，我们提出了一种用于设计观察性流行病学研究方案的通用结构。我们首先强调研究方案的重要性，即在考虑某些偏差以及确保方法严谨性和研究可重复性方面的重要性。接下来，我们思考研究方案的一些基本要素，无论其目标如何。我们还根据研究类型（横断面研究、病例对照研究和队列研究）介绍了一些应纳入的具体问题。
