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What are RCT

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volunteers are randomly assigned to study groups to compare two treatments/interventions (experimental vs. control group)

2
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What is a systematic review

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when you use scientific methods to search and summarize all available studies that address a research question

3
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What is a meta analysis

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use of statistical methods to combine data from studies included in a systematic review

4
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Why are systematic reviews and meta analysis beneficial

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They summarize large amounts of information into manageable, more easily implemented pieces

5
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What research healthcare questions are best answered by a RCT

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Prevention (how can a problem be prevented)
Screening (will early detection cause a different outcome)
Diagnostic accuracy
Therapy (what should be done to treat it)
Harm (will there be negative side effects)

6
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What research healthcare questions are best answered by Cohort studies

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Diagnostic accuracy 
Prognosis 
Incidence 
Prevalence (also, cross-sectional)
Etiology 
Harm (also case control)
7
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What is PICO

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Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome

good research question!

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What is a cross-sectional study

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Snapshot; measures distribution of characteristics in a population at a specific point in time

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What is a case-control study

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Compares people WITH specific outcome/disease to people withOUT, and looks retrospectively to find associations

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What is a cohort

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group of people, followed over time

outcomes are compared to analyze variables

11
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What is absolute risk

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risk of an outcome of a given treatment

12
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What is absolute risk difference

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change in risk of an outcome of a given treatment in relation to a comparative one
ex: drug A has 1% risk. drug B has 3% risk
absolute risk difference is 2%

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What is relative risk

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AKA risk ratio; ratio of risk between intervention group and control

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What do the different risk ratios tell you

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1: no difference
<1: less risky
>1: more risky
Ex- drug A:drug B= 0.1:0.3= 0.33 (top is less risky)

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What is relative risk difference

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AKA relative risk reduction; proportional reduction in risk of one treatment compared to the other
Ex- if risk ratio is 0.33, RRR is 1-0.33=0.66
drug A is 66% better than drug B

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What is selection bias

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bias in selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis so that proper randomization not achieved

17
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What is performance bias

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Improper blinding of participants and/or personnel

18
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What is information bias

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a flaw in measuring exposure, covariate, or outcome variables resulting in inaccurate information between groups

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What is a hazard ratio

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similar to relative risk (risk ratio)

calculates risk at a particular point in time, using survival analysis