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Longitudinal follow‐up studies
Author(s) -
Peckham Catherine,
Newell MarieLouise
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13341.x
Subject(s) - medicine , natural history , longitudinal study , parallels , multidisciplinary approach , pregnancy , transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cytomegalovirus , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , demography , family medicine , viral disease , operations management , pathology , herpesviridae , social science , sociology , biology , electrical engineering , economics , genetics , engineering
A longitudinal study should be undertaken only when there is a clear reason to justify this and a reasonable chance of achieving the objectives. A multidisciplinary approach is often required, and continuity of staff and long‐term collaboration with colleagues are important for their success. A longitudinal approach is required to estimate the prevalence of an infection in pregnancy and the rate of vertical transmission and to clarify the natural history in infected children. An example of cytomegalovirus infection is given; the parallels with HIV are obvious.