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Question 1

Incidence

Answer 1

-number of new occurances of a condition in a pop over a particular period of time

-Risk of contracting the dz

“What is the number of men, who are smokers, develop lung cancer each year as a proportion of the entire male population over 40”

Question 2

Prevelance

Answer 2

proportion of a pop who have a particular condition at a point in time

-How widespread the dz is

“How many men over 40 are living with lung cancer today in the US?”

Question 3

Study design for Prevention

Answer 3

RCTs

Question 4

Study design for screening

Answer 4

RCTs

Question 5

Study design for Diagnostic accuracy

Answer 5

RCTs, Cohort studies

Question 6

Study design for Prognosis

Answer 6

cohort studies

Question 7

Study design for Incidence

Answer 7

Cohort studies

Question 8

Study design for Prevalence

Answer 8

Cohort stdies

Question 9

Study design for for etiology

Answer 9

cohort studies

Question 10

Study design for therapy

Answer 10

RCTs

Question 11

Study design for harm

Answer 11

RCTs, cohort, case-control studies

Question 12

Which observational studies utilize RCTs?

Answer 12

Cross sectional

Cohort

Case-control

Question 13

Prospective or retrospective: Cohort studies

Answer 13

Prospective

follow 2 groups over time

Question 14

Retrospective or prospective: Case control studies

Answer 14

Retrospective

Start with the disease and look back at history to screen for exposures

Question 15

Risk of developing the dz over a time period in a group of ppl

-what is the size of my own risk of breast cancer?

Answer 15

Absolute risk

Question 16

Compares the absolute risk b/w groups of ppl

ex: how much will my risk of breast cancer change if I change my alcohol consumption?