Clinical Epidemiology 1 - Intro

Question 1

Health outcomes of a disease

Answer 1

Death,Disease, Discomfort, Disability, Dissatisfaction.

Question 2

Science of making predictions about individual patients by counting clinical events in groups of patients and using strong scientific methods to ensure that predictions are accurate

Answer 2

Clinical Epidemiology

Question 3

Study of disease occurence in human populations by counting health related events in people in relation to the naturally occuring groups of which they are members

Answer 3

Epidemiology

Question 4

Bias when comparisons are made betwen groups of patients that differ in ways other than the main factors under study

Answer 4

Selection Bias

Question 5

What type of bias: Patients receiving lap herniorrhaphy were healthier than those with open surgery?

Answer 5

Selection Bias

Question 6

What type of bias: White coat hypertension

Answer 6

Measurement Bias

Question 7

Bias when method of measurement leads to systematically incorrect results

Answer 7

Measurement Bias

Question 8

Divergence of an observation on a sample from the true population value due to chance alone

Answer 8

Random Variation

Question 9

TRUE OR FALSE: Bias can be prevented by conducting clinical investigations properly.

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE: Chance cannot be eliminated but influence can be reduced by proper research design and remaining effect estimated by statistics.

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

The degree to which the results of a study are correct for the sample of patients being studied.

Answer 11

Internal Validity

Question 12

The degree to which results of an observation hold true in other settings

Answer 12

External Validity or Generalizability