In: Nursing
Assignment title or task: Identify which study design
is applicable for studying the following health outcomes and
why?
1. Number of new cases of obesity among college students in Saudi
Arabia in 2019.
2. The number of students with obesity who are physically active
and the number of students with obesity who are physically
inactive.
3. Give two difference between descriptive and analytic
cross-sectional study.
* Answer should be ( 300 - 350) Words.
Obesity is one of the leading problem in many countries
1. Number of new cases of obesity among college students in saudhi Arabia in 2019 It is DESCRIPTIVE STUDY type because here we are defining the population that is population is being investigated and studying about a specific disease . In descrpitive type of study there is no COMPARISION and no TEMPORALITY 2. Numberof students with obesity are physically active Number of students with obesity are physically inactive It is ANALYTICAL STUDY type because comparision is present where we are comparing between who are physically active and physically inactive of obesity students . They are 4 types of analytical study 1.ecological 2.cross sectional 3.case control 4.cohort so, more precisely we can say that the above statement is ANALYTICAL CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY type because here with individuals as a unit of study
3.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DESCRIPTIVE AND ANALYTIC CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
ANALYTICAL CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY