Recently, South African researchers conducted a study of the relationship between optimism and colon cancer survival. Their hypothesis was that colon cancer patients who had a positive outlook on life would have a lower five-year cumulative incidence of mortality. The study included 100 recently diagnosed colon cancer patients who underwent psychological testing and were found to have an optimistic outlook on life and 100 recently diagnosed colon cancer patients who underwent the same psychological tests and were found to have a pessimistic outlook on life. By the end of five years of follow-up, 50 of the 100 patients with an optimistic outlook and 75 of the 100 patients with the pessimistic outlook had died from colon cancer. Assuming a standard 2 x 2 table and using the information given in the table below, calculate the direct measure of risk associated with this type of study design.
|
Disease (In this case-death within 5 years) |
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Exposure |
Yes |
No |
|
|
Optimistic |
50 |
50 |
100 |
|
Pessimistic |
75 |
25 |
100 |
|
Total |
125 |
75 |
200 |
Recently, South African researchers conducted a study of the relationship between optimism and colon cancer survival....
EPIDEMIOLOGY QUESTION Recently, Australian researchers conducted a study of the relationship between optimism and colon cancer survival. Their hypothesis was that colon cancer patients who had a positive outlook on life would have a lower five-year cumulative incidence of mortality. The study included 100 recently diagnosed colon cancer patients who underwent psychological testing and were found to have a optimistic outlook on life and 100 recently diagnosed colon cancer patients who underwent the same psychological tests and were found to...
Researchers were interested in assessing the relationship between obesity and breast cancer recurrence and fatality in postmenopausal African-American and Caucasian women with primary breast cancer. Data was collected on women with primary breast cancer and included the following variables: Age Age at diagnosis of breast cancer Weight Height Data of diagnosis of breast cancer Menopausal status Diagnosis and coding of tumor (histopathology and topography) Stage of tumor Size of tumor Number of positive lymph nodes Estrogen receptor analysis Progesterone receptor...
Lung Cancer & Smoking Case Study A causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer was first suspected in the 1920s on the basis of clinical observations. To test this apparent association, numerous epidemiologic studies were undertaken between 1930 and 1960. Two studies were conducted by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill in Great Britain The first was a case-control study begun in 1947 comparing the smoking habits of lung cancer patients with the smoking habits of other patients. The...
Lung Cancer & Smoking Case Study A causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer was first suspected in the 1920s on the basis of clinical observations. To test this apparent association, numerous epidemiologic studies were undertaken between 1930 and 1960. Two studies were conducted by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill in Great Britain The first was a case-control study begun in 1947 over a 4-year period (April 1948-February 1952). Initially, 20 hospitals, and later more, were asked to...
A prospective study of Norwegian women who were followed between 1986 and 2009 was conducted. Within that period (1995-2005), a national mammography program was gradually implement ed, with biennial invitations send to women age 50-69. The participants of the study were all women aged 50-79 between 1986-2009. The mortality rate ratios compared women who were invited to screen to those who were not invited, with a clear distinction between cases of breast cancer diagnosed before and after the invitation to...
BACKGROUND & METHODS
The relationship between stress and breast cancer has been
examined in many epidemiological studies, the results of which have
yielded mixed results. One reason for these differences is the use
of different measures of stress. For example, death of a spouse or
close relative is a major acute stressor, whereas stress
experienced in daily life is more moderate and chronic in nature.
As these different types of stress likely have different
physiological and psychological impacts, the observed...
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