ReviewEuropean journal of epidemiology2015
Control selection methods in recent case-control studies conducted as part of infectious disease outbreaks.
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- Lessons Learned From a Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey Design to Recruit and Collect Data From Case-Control Study Participants: Formative Evaluation.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Recruiting controls from an online panel for a case-control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborneEpidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Use of a non-probabilistic online panel as a control group for case-control studies to investigate food and waterborne outbreaks in Lower Saxony, Germany.Epidemiology and infection · 2022Article
- Impact of Best-Fitted Control Selection on Effect Size: An Example in Functional GI Disorder Case-Control Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Online population control surveys: A new method for investigating foodborne outbreaks.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Article
- Are food exposures obtained through commercial market panels representative of the general population? Implications for outbreak investigations.Epidemiology and infection · 2019Article
- Online market research panel members as controls in case-control studies to investigate gastrointestinal disease outbreaks: early experiences and lessons learnt from the UK.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Caution: work in progress : While the methodological "revolution" deserves in-depth study, clinical researchers and senior epidemiologists should not be disenfranchised.European journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Successful investigation of national outbreaks of communicable disease relies on rapid identification of the source. Case-control methodologies are commonly used to achieve this. We assessed control selection methods used in recently published case-control studies for methodological and resource issues to determine if a standard approach could be identified. Neighbourhood controls were the most frequently used method in 53 studies of a range of different sizes, infections and settings. The most commonly used method of data collection was face to face interview. Control selection issues were identified in four areas: method of identification of controls, appropriateness of controls, ease of recruitment of controls, and resource requirements. Potential biases arising from the method of control selection were identified in half of the studies assessed. There is a need to develop new ways of selecting controls in a rapid, random and representative manner to improve the accuracy and timeliness of epidemiological investigations and maximise the effectiveness of public health interventions. Innovative methods such as prior recruitment of controls could improve timeliness and representativeness of control selection.
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