The nurse conducts a study that will follow a group of subjects for two decades. It involves one group of subjects who have a risk factor for developing diabetes and another group who do not have a risk factor. The goal is to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the existence of the risk factor and the occurrence of diabetes. Which study design should the nurse prioritize?

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A cohort study is the most appropriate design for this research, as it follows a group of people over time to see how their exposure to a certain risk factor affects their development of a particular outcome, in this case, diabetes.

The Nurse Conducts a Study That Will Follow a Group