Introduction to study designs - cohort studies
cohort A cohort study identifies a group of people and follows them over a period of time The aim is to look at how a group of people are exposed to different risk 1 Select cohort population All participants in a cohort study must be at risk of developing the outcome Controls should be
Cohort studies are a type of longitudinal study—an approach that follows research participants over a period of time Specifically, cohort The Doetinchem Cohort Study is a prospective longitudinal study on lifestyle and other determinants of health and disease as they develop over the life course
Let's get your Cohort Go experience off to a flying start Cohort studies are a type of research design They are also called longitudinal studies because they follow groups of people over time