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| RESPONSE TO LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 146 |
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RE: Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident victims managed in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria: The methodological issue
JE Asuquo1, EA Essien2
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medical Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
2 Department of Clinical Services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
| Date of Web Publication | 21-Jan-2019 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. J E Asuquo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medical Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.250523
How to cite this article:
Asuquo J E, Essien E A. RE: Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident victims managed in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria: The methodological issue. Niger J Clin Pract 2019;22:146 |
How to cite this URL:
Asuquo J E, Essien E A. RE: Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident victims managed in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria: The methodological issue. Niger J Clin Pract [serial online] 2019 [cited 2023 Feb 4];22:146. Available from: https://www.njcponline.com/text.asp?2019/22/1/146/250523 |
Sir,
We acknowledge with gratitude the error pointed out in the methodology section of our research article by Ramazani et al., and agree that our study was incorrectly called “case-control.”[1],[2] Such designs begin with a selection of two groups, one with and the other without the outcome of interest. We however do not think that our design should be called a retrospective or histrorical cohort because in such a case, “existing records are used to identify a historical cohort and to measure both exposures and outcomes of interest, all of which have occurred at the time the study is initiated.”[3] We did not follow-up the patients for any period in our study, neither did we make use of records to identify outcomes of interest.
Instead, our study would most accurately called a comparative cross-sectional study which has been defined as “a study of two or more populations to discover the prevalence or incidence of the characteristic in each population.”[4] We compared the prevalence of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder between persons who had a history of involvement in road traffic accidents and those without such a history; the latter who should have been called the “comparison group” not “control group.” We apologize to our readers and ask that our paper should be read and understood in light of these corrections.
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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| 1. | Asuquo JE, Edet BE, Abang IE, Essien EA, Osakwe OG, Aigbomain EJ, et al. Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident victims managed in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 2017;20:170-5.  [ PUBMED] [Full text] |
| 2. | Ramazani R, Fayaz-Bakhsh A, Moradpor F, Khaledian M. Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident victims managed in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria: The methodological issue. Niger J Clin Pract 2018;21:117-8. [ PUBMED] [Full text] |
| 3. | Taylor CB. How to practice evidence-based psychiatry: Basic principles and case studies. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub; 2009. p. 109-110. |
| 4. | Øvretveit J. Comparative and cross-cultural health research: A practical guide. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Radcliffe Pub; 1998. p. 81-82. |
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