MedicalObservationalStudyDesign

Design models for observational medical studies. Enumerated type.

Extends: MedicalEnumeration

[Enumeration](https://schema.org.ai/Enumeration) Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
supersededBy	Enumeration, Class, Property	Relates a term (i.e. a property, class or enumeration) to one that supersedes it.

[Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
additionalType	Text, URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is...
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text, TextObject	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the descr...
identifier	URL, Text, PropertyValue	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for re...
image	ImageObject, URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name	Text	The name of the item.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf	Event, CreativeWork	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Enumeration Values

Value	Description
CrossSectional	Studies carried out on pre-existing data (usually from 'snapshot' surveys), such as that collected by the Census Bureau. Sometimes called Prevalence Studies.
Registry	A registry-based study design.
CaseSeries	A case series (also known as a clinical series) is a medical research study that tracks patients with a known exposure given similar treatment or examines their medical records for exposure and out...
Longitudinal	Unlike cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies track the same people, and therefore the differences observed in those people are less likely to be the result of cultural differences across ge...
CohortStudy	Also known as a panel study. A cohort study is a form of longitudinal study used in medicine and social science. It is one type of study design and should be compared with a cross-sectional study....
Observational	An observational study design.