Because it is a snapshot of a moment in time, this type of research cannot be used to define cause and effect relationships between variables. Additionally, researchers in cross-sectional studies do not influence the variables of the study but merely observe them. Cross-sectional studies are ...
Steps in Conducting a Cross-Sectional Study: Step 1: Study Objective and Research Question Define the objective of the study and the research question to be answered. This step involves identifying the purpose of the study, the specific phenomenon ofinterest, and the target population. Step 2: ...
Mogra R,Schluter PJ,Ogle RF.A prospective cross-sectional study to define racial variation in fetal nasal bone length through ultrasound assessment at18-20weeks’’gestation. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynae-col . 2010Mogra R,Schluter PJ,Ogle RF,O'Connell J,Fortus L,Hyett JA. A prospective cross-...
In a cross-sectional study, all in a given population or a random sample from this population define the source population. The disease and its possible determinants are all recorded at a given point in time. This introduces a temporal ambiguity in the possible cause–effect association and for...
In a cross-sectional study, all in a given population or a random sample from this population define the source population. The disease and its possible determinants are all recorded at a given point in time. This introduces a temporal ambiguity in the possible cause–effect association and for...
Examining unmet needs: a cross-sectional study exploring knowledge, attitudes and sexually transmitted infection screening preferences among persons who in... To inform the development of targeted sexually transmitted infection (STI) control programmes for persons who inject drugs (PWID).#We recruited 11...
T2DM patients combined with ACS, including STE-ACS and NSTE-ACS study, were treated as the study population, and T2DM patients without ACS were treated as a control population. This cross-sectional study was performed per the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by...
This cross-sectional study reports a high prevalence of FGS, HPV, and the concomitant presence of the two conditions in women living in the Boeny region of north-western Madagascar. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study describing the two conditions in the country together, ...
This cross-sectional study used the Heidelberg Peri-anaesthetic Questionnaire to evaluate 1211 patients undergoing ambulatory surgery. We selected questions that showed a greater degree of dissatisfaction and correlated them with patient characterization data (age, sex, education, and ASA physical status),...
Definecross-sectional designsand understand their conditions, benefits and uses in research Differentiate between a quasi-experiment and a true experiment Understand the given examples of cross-sectional study You are viewing quiz5 in chapter 7 of the course: ...