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1
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What is a prospective cohort study?

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Start with exposure and follow over time to check for a particular outcome

2
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What is a retrospective cohort study?

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Start with exposure at a point back in time and follow up time to check for a particular outcome (endpoint = now)

3
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What is a case-control study?

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Start with outcome and look back to determine what factors made this more likely

4
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What is a randomised control trial?

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Interventional trial that is investigator controlled

5
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What is a systematic review?

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Presents all published findings on a specific research question

6
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What is a meta-analysis?

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Statistical analysis of results of several trials (plotted in a forest point)

7
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What is the calculation for sensitivity?

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True positives/total number with the disease

8
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What is the calculation for specificity?

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True negatives/ total number without the disease

9
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What is the calculation for the positive predictive value?

A

True positives/ total number positive

10
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What is the calculation for negative predictive value?

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True negatives/ total number negative