Kaplan-Meier product limit technique and Cox-regression analysis to analyze the predictors of survival among patients with colorectal cancer in Jordan: a teaching case-study

Kaplan-Meier product limit technique and Cox-regression analysis to analyze the predictors of survival among patients with colorectal cancer in Jordan: a teaching case-study

Yousef Khader^1,&

 

¹Department of Public Health, Jordan University of Science and Technology, The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET), Jordan

 

 

^&Corresponding author
Yousef Khader, Department of Public Health, Jordan University of Science and Technology, The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET), Jordan

 

 

 

 

General instructions: this case study should be used as adjunct training material for novice epidemiology trainees to reinforce the concepts taught in prior lectures. The case study is ideally taught by a facilitator in groups of about 20 participants. It can be administered as a take-home assignment or part of an examination assignment. This assignment require analysis and writing from the student.

 

Audience: this case study was developed for novice field epidemiology students. These participants are commonly health care workers working in the county departments of health whose background may be as medical doctors, nurses who work in public health-related fields. Most have a health science or medical statistics background is preferred.

 

Prerequisites: before using this case study, participants should have received lectures on survival analysis.

 

Materials needed: flash drive, flip charts, markers, computers, SPSS software

 

Time required: 5-7 hours

 

Language: English

 

 

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The authors declare no competing interests.

 

 

Authors would like to acknowledge The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) for their technical support.

 

 

Annex 1: SPSS file survival analysis

 

 

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