Introducing the at-risk average causal effect with application to HealthWise South Africa.
Prev Sci
; 13(4): 437-47, 2012 Aug.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22477557
ABSTRACT
Researchers often hypothesize that a causal variable, whether randomly assigned or not, has an effect on an outcome behavior and that this effect may vary across levels of initial risk of engaging in the outcome behavior. In this paper, we propose a method for quantifying initial risk status. We then illustrate the use of this risk-status variable as a moderator of the causal effect of leisure boredom, a non-randomized continuous variable, on cigarette smoking initiation. The data come from the HealthWise South Africa study. We define the causal effects using marginal structural models and estimate the causal effects using inverse propensity weights. Indeed, we found leisure boredom had a differential causal effect on smoking initiation across different risk statuses. The proposed method may be useful for prevention scientists evaluating causal effects that may vary across levels of initial risk.
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Assunto principal:
Causalidade
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Medição de Risco
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Promoção da Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article