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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Proposal of a Quality Assessment Tool for the Evaluation of the Methodological Quality of Self-controlled Case Series and Self-controlled Risk Interval Study Designs

Virginia Kagure Wachira1*, Henry Maia Peixoto1,2 and Maria Regina Fernandes De Oliveira1,2
1Center of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brazil
2National Institute of Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*Corresponding Author : Virginia Kagure Wachira, Center of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brazil, Email: vgkagure@yahoo.com

Received Date: Aug 01, 2022 / Published Date: Aug 29, 2022

Abstract

Self-Controlled Case Series (SCCS) and Self-Controlled Risk Interval (SCRI) study designs are types of studies where cases act as their controls. They are commonly used by pharmacovigilance to study rare events. There is no existing tool for the assessment of the methodological quality of such studies. Critical appraisal in primary and secondary studies is crucial as it enables the reader to evaluate how the study was elaborated and take this into consideration while analyzing the evidence presented. This paper presents a proposal of an instrument that has been adapted from an already existing tool used for cohort studies and it combines the elements of this tool and the premises of the SCCS and SCRI study designs. It is expected that the tool will help researchers and readers in critically appraising SCCS and SCRI study designs.

Citation: Virginia KW, Henry MP, Maria Regina FO (2022) Proposal of a Quality Assessment Tool for the Evaluation of the Methodological Quality of Self-controlled Case Series and Self-controlled Risk Interval Study Designs. J Community Med Health Educ 12:770.

Copyright: © 2022 Virginia KW, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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