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Bridging clinical perspectives with population health research

Jeff A. Dennis PhD

ABSTRACT

Interdisciplinary research spanning clinical and population health perspectives has the potential to explore research areas that might not be examined within single respective disciplines. Barriers such as agreement on diagnostic criteria for identifying analytical subgroups of interest may inhibit both the initiation and the progress of this type of research. This column explores this type of collaboration via the methods and decision criteria used in a study on hypothyroidism and sleep apnea in a large sample of U.S. adults. Despite the barriers, these types of collaborations stand to inform clinical and population research in the future, and although short term impact of interdisciplinary work may often be less than single discipline research, some research suggests that long-term impact may be more substantial.

Keywords: interdisciplinary research, population health, clinical research

Article citation: Dennis JA. Bridging clinical perspectives with population health research. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2019;7(31):56–58

From: Department of Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Submitted: 9/23/2019

Accepted: 9/26/2019

Reviewer: Gilbert Berdine MD

Conflicts of interest: none

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