Methods for generating hypotheses in human enteric illness outbreak investigations: a scoping review of the evidence
Methods for generating hypotheses in human enteric illness outbreak investigations: a scoping review of the evidence
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- creativework.keywords - en
- Disease Outbreaks*
- Communicable Disease Control / methods*
- Gastrointestinal Diseases / epidemiology*
- Epidemiologic Methods*
- Humans
- dc.contributor.author
- Ickert, C.
- Cheng, J.
- Reimer, D.
- Greig, J.
- Hexemer, A.
- Kershaw, T.
- Waddell, L.
- Mascarenhas, M.
- dc.date.accessioned
- 2024-09-26T11:26:05Z
- dc.date.available
- 2024-09-26T11:26:05Z
- dc.date.issued
- 2019-09-27
- dc.description.abstract - en
- Enteric illness outbreaks are complex events, therefore, outbreak investigators use many different hypothesis generation methods depending on the situation. This scoping review was conducted to describe methods used to generate a hypothesis during enteric illness outbreak investigations. The search included five databases and grey literature for articles published between 1 January 2000 and 2 May 2015. Relevance screening and article characterisation were conducted by two independent reviewers using pretested forms. There were 903 outbreaks that described hypothesis generation methods and 33 papers which focused on the evaluation of hypothesis generation methods. Common hypothesis generation methods described are analytic studies (64.8%), descriptive epidemiology (33.7%), food or environmental sampling (32.8%) and facility inspections (27.9%). The least common methods included the use of a single interviewer (0.4%) and investigation of outliers (0.4%). Most studies reported using two or more methods to generate hypotheses (81.2%), with 29.2% of studies reporting using four or more. The use of multiple different hypothesis generation methods both within and between outbreaks highlights the complexity of enteric illness outbreak investigations. Future research should examine the effectiveness of each method and the contexts for which each is most effective in efficiently leading to source identification.
- dc.identifier.citation
- Ickert C, Cheng J, Reimer D, Greig J, Hexemer A, Kershaw T, Waddell L, Mascarenhas M (2019). Methods for generating hypotheses in human enteric illness outbreak investigations: a scoping review of the evidence. Epidemiology and Infection 147, e280, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0950268819001699
- dc.identifier.doi
- 10.1017/ S0950268819001699
- dc.identifier.uri
- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2988
- dc.language.iso
- en
- dc.publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- dc.rights - en
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights - fr
- Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
- Gold
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
- Or
- dc.rights.uri - en
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- dc.rights.uri - fr
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.fr
- dc.subject - en
- Health
- dc.subject - fr
- Santé
- dc.subject.en - en
- Health
- dc.subject.fr - fr
- Santé
- dc.title - en
- Methods for generating hypotheses in human enteric illness outbreak investigations: a scoping review of the evidence
- dc.type - en
- Article
- dc.type - fr
- Article
- local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
- e280
- local.article.journaltitle
- Epidemiology and Infection
- local.article.journalvolume
- 147
- local.pagination
- 1-10
- local.peerreview - en
- Yes
- local.peerreview - fr
- Oui
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