Measures of (injury and illness) occurrence: a primer on epidemiological concepts and terminology for authors.

IF 2.8 2区 医学 Q1 SPORT SCIENCES
Franco M Impellizzeri, Alan McCall, Tim Meyer, Maarten van Smeden
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Abstract

Since the beginning of Science and Medicine in Football (2017) as a standalone journal, we have experienced a rise in submissions in the area of epidemiology for injury and illness. Unfortunately, we have also noticed a pattern of inaccurate and confusing terminology when referring to measures of injury and illness occurrence, and when communicating risks. This can be partially explained, because the use of various terms as synonyms and ambiguous definitions has generated confusion and debate even within epidemiology (ElandtJohnson 1975; Bhopal 2016; Spronk et al. 2019). With this editorial, we aim to help authors, and our readers, by providing a very brief primer on the measures of occurrence used in epidemiology. A first distinction among the measures of disease frequency is between incidence and prevalence. For simplicity, we assume the existence of a data sample with data on individuals (e.g., football players) belonging to a group of interest, which we will refer to as ‘study population’. In the study population, certain health-related events or outcomes (e.g., illness or injury) are registered, and such an event or outcome will be referred to as ‘event’. Individuals in the study population that have or (over time) experience an ‘event’ are referred to as ‘cases’.
(伤害和疾病)发生的测量:作者流行病学概念和术语入门
自《足球科学与医学》(2017)作为一本独立期刊出版以来,我们在伤病流行病学领域的投稿量有所增加。不幸的是,我们还注意到,在提及伤害和疾病发生的衡量标准以及传达风险时,术语存在不准确和混乱的模式。这可以部分解释,因为使用各种术语作为同义词和模棱两可的定义甚至在流行病学中也引起了混乱和争论(ElandtJohnson 1975;博帕尔2016;Spronk等人2019)。通过这篇社论,我们旨在通过提供一篇关于流行病学中使用的发病率测量的非常简短的入门文章来帮助作者和读者。衡量疾病频率的第一个区别是发病率和流行率。为了简单起见,我们假设存在一个数据样本,其中包含属于感兴趣群体的个人(如足球运动员)的数据,我们将其称为“研究人群”。在研究人群中,某些与健康相关的事件或结果(如疾病或伤害)被登记,此类事件或结果将被称为“事件”。研究人群中已经或(随着时间的推移)经历过“事件”的个人被称为“病例”。
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