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1. The appropriate study design to identify determinants of tuberculosis treatment outcome would be a cross-sectional study. Potential sources of systematic error in measuring treatment outcome include recall bias and misclassification bias. The researcher can minimize these sources of error by using a retrospective study design and collecting data from patient registries and health facility records rather than relying on patient recall.

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Assignment On Research Methodology

1. The appropriate study design to identify determinants of tuberculosis treatment outcome would be a cross-sectional study. Potential sources of systematic error in measuring treatment outcome include recall bias and misclassification bias. The researcher can minimize these sources of error by using a retrospective study design and collecting data from patient registries and health facility records rather than relying on patient recall.

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1. If a researcher wants to identify determinants of Tuberculosis treatment outcome?

A. What would be the appropriate study design?


B. What would be the potential sources of systematic error in measuring the outcome and
how?
C. How can the researcher avoids/minimizes these sources of error?

Determinants of tuberculosis treatment


outcome under directly observed treatment
short courses in Adama City, Ethiopia Method
An institutional based crosssectional study was conducted in all public and private health
facilities of Adama city

Fifteen-year trend in treatment outcomes among


patients with pulmonary smear-positive tuberculosis and
its determinants in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia
Design: A retrospective cohort study design was employed to audit pulmonary smear-positive (PTB)
patients registered between 1997 and 2011

Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and


Associated Factors Among Patients Treated at
Woldia General Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia:
An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Determinants of unsuccessful treatment
outcomes and mortality among tuberculosis
patients in Malaysia: A registry-based cohort
study Materials and methods
Using registry-based secondary data, a retrospective cohort study was conducted.

Poor treatment outcomes and its


determinants among tuberculosis patients in
selected health facilities in East Wollega,
Western Ethiopia Method
A five-year retrospective cross-sectional study design was employed.

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