healthy user bias

noun

A potential bias in epidemiologic studies, involving the fact that subjects who voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are likely to be healthier than the general population.

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healthy worker bias
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Meanings

nounhealthy user bias (countable and uncountable, plural healthy user biases)

plural healthy user biases

  1. countableuncountableA potential bias in epidemiologic studies, involving the fact that subjects who voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are likely to be healthier than the general population.

    Synonyms: healthy worker bias

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA potential bias in epidemiologic studies, involving the fact that subjects who voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are likely to be healthier than the general population.

Similar
healthy worker bias
Also see
healthy worker bias

Translations

Finnish terveellisen käyttäjän vinouma
  • terveellisen käyttäjän vinoumaTranslations
German Healthy-Worker-Effekt
  • Healthy-Worker-EffektTranslations
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APA

healthy user bias. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthy%20user%20bias

MLA

“healthy user bias.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthy%20user%20bias. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “healthy user bias,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthy%20user%20bias.

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