Case Control Study

Case-control Study - a particular form of retrospective study that samples a matched group of people who have, and do not have the outcome being studied. A case-control study is a quasi-experimental design, often used in medicine to aid in determining potential contributing factors (cannot determine causality). In this study type exposure is the dependent variable and outcome is independent.
  • Example, in this retrospective case-control, medical records were investigated for trends correlated with cervical pain (1).
    1. Mäkela, M., Heliövaara, M., Sievers, K., Impivaara, O., Knekt, P., & Aromaa, A. (1991). Prevalence, determinants, and consequences of chronic neck pain in Finland. American journal of epidemiology134(11), 1356-1367.

Related Terms

  • cohort study
  • cross-sectional study
  • observational study
  • quasi-experimental design
  • cohort study
  • cross-sectional study
  • observational study
  • quasi-experimental design
  • cohort study
  • cross-sectional study
  • observational study
  • quasi-experimental design

Synonyms

  • retrospective case-control study
  • case-control research
  • case-referent study
  • retrospective case-control study
  • case-control research
  • case-referent study
  • retrospective case-control study
  • case-control research
  • case-referent study