Posted: May 17th, 2016

Obstetric conditions and risk of first admission with schizophrenia: A Danish national register based study

Epidemiology Assignment:

Byrne M, Agerbo E, Bennedsen B, Eaton W, Mortensen P. Obstetric conditions and risk of first admission with schizophrenia: A Danish national register based study. Schizophrenia Research 2007; 97: 51-59.

Critically appraise the above article by answering the following questions. You may use additional source material as you need to.

QUESTION 1:
Describe the evidence presented in the paper you selected. Specifically address the following questions:
– What was the exposure or intervention?
– What was the outcome?
– What was the study design?
– What was the study population?
– What were the main findings?
Limit of 1 page. Please note: Only one page of text will be marked [20 marks]