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Behavioral / Stats Flashcards

1
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What is a cross sectional study?

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  • Purely observational
  • Asks, what is going on at this point in time
  • Snap shot of exposures and outcomes simultaneously
  • Shows risk association with disease
    DOES NOT ESTABLISH CAUSALITY
    *Disease prevalence is characteristic measure
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What CAN’T a cross sectional study establish?

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Causality

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What is disease prevalence characteristic measure of?

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Cross sectional study

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What is prevalence?

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Portion of people in population with disease at any given time

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Weakness of cross sectional study?

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Shows correlation, but DOES NOT prove causation

*For example, maybe there is another factor that is causing both the disease and the risk factor you are studying

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What is a case control study?

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Observation and RETROSPECTIVE study asking, "what happened?"
Case: subjects with disease
Control: subjects without disease 
- Previous exposure is being analyzed 
*Metric is the odds ratio
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What is the odds ratio the metric in?

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Case control study

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What is odds ratio?

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  • Odds of exposure to risk factor in case (disease) : odds in control (healthy)
  • **Does exposure increase odds you have disease
  • Used in case control study measuring:
  • ***If odds ratio is 9, you’re 9 times more likely to develop disease if you had exposure
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Define odds?

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Odds = P / (1 - P)

  • P = probability event happening
  • 1 - P = probability not happening
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What is a cohort study?

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Observational prospective study
“Does exposure increase risk of disease?”
- If high cholesterol, will you have higher risk of MI
*Relative risk is characteristic measure
- Focusing on if risk is causing disease

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What study uses related risk?

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Cohort study

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What is relative risk?

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P1/P2
P1 = risk of disease if exposed
P2 = risk of disease is unexposed

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What makes a clinical trial high quality?

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  1. Randomization
  2. Controlled
  3. At least double blind
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What is single, double, triple single?

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Single: patient doesn’t know if getting treatment
Double: Neither doctor or patient know who got drug
Triple: same as above but researcher also does not know

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What is phase 1 study?

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  • Drug studied in 10 - 20 healthy volunteers

- Assess safety, toxicity, kinetics

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What is phase 2 study?

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  • 100s of people WITH disease to assess efficacy
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What is phase III study?

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  • 1000s of people with disease

- Treatment assessed vs. placebo or best available treatment

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18
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Trick to remember # of people in phases of study?

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The number of the phase, corresponds to number of zeros in patients studied

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What is phase IV?

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  • All people on drug post release to assess rare or LT effects
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Questions being asked in 4 phases?

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  1. Is it safe
  2. Does it work
  3. Is it more effective
  4. Can we keep on using it
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21
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When drawing 4x4 box what is on left side and top of it?

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Left: test
Top: disease
***Just read it left to right, “we are testing for disease”
Test comes before disease as it does on chart

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22
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Define sensitivity?

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Ability to detect disease when it is actually present

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23
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Equation for sensitivity?

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TP / (TP + FN)

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24
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What are high sensitivity tests good for?

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"SNOUT"
SN = sensitivity
Out = ruling out 
Ruling things out
***This is true because high value is approaching one with means false negative = zero
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25
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Define specificity?

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  • Ability to indicate non disease when disease is not present
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26
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Equation for specificity?

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TN / (TN + FP)

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27
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What are tests with high specificity good for?

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“SPin”
SP = Specificity
IN = Ruling in a disease
*As value approaches 1 it will have very few false positives
*Good for confirmatory test after positive screening

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Equation for positive predictive value?

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TP / (TP + FP )

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Equation for negative predictive value?

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TN ( TN + FN )

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30
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Which values vary with prevalence of disease?

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PPV and NPV

*Sensitivity / specificity DO NOT

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Impact of high prevalence of disease on measurements?

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Higher PPV, lower NPV

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32
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Difference between prevalence and incidence?

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Prevalence includes old cases where incidence does not

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33
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How does the 4 x 4 chart switch when using it for odd ratio?

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Exposure is on left, disease is on top:

  • Makes sense in reading left to right as you must first be exposed to get the disease
  • *Then layer in A, B, C, D alphabetically as if you were reading
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34
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What is the odds ratio equation?

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( AD ) / ( BC )

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35
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Does odds ratio imply causation?

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No, only correlation

- Remember there could be another factor causing both the risk factor and the disease

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Relative risk equation?

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( A / [A + B] ) / ( C / [C+D] )

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37
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Relative risk reduction equation?

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1 - RR

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38
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What is attributable risk?

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Difference in risk between exposed and unexposed group?

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39
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Attributable risk equation?

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(A/ [A+ B] ) - ( C / {C+D} )

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40
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What is absolute risk reduction?

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Difference in risk attributable to intervention

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41
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Equation for absolute risk reduction?

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( C / {C+D} ) - (A/ [A+ B] )

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What is number needed to treat?

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Number of patients needed to be treated for 1 patient to benefit

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43
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Equation for number needed to treat?

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1 / ARR (Absolute risk reduction)

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44
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What is number needed to harm?

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Number of patients needed to be exposed to risk factor for 1 patient to be harmed?

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45
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Equation for number needed to harm?

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1 / AR

- Think AR = AR assault rifle

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46
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What is precision?

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Consistency and reproducibility of a test

***AKA reliability

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47
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Another name for reliability of test?

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Precision

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48
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What is accuracy? Another name for accuracy?

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How close test measures are to true values

- AKA: validity

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49
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Another name for validity?

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Accuracy

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50
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What does random error do?

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Decreases precision and reproducibility of test

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51
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What is systematic error?

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Reduces accuracy by consistently skewing results in a particular direction

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52
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What is bias?

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1 result / outcome is systematically favored over another

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53
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What is berkson’s bias?

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Only people from hospital were selected for study: form of selection bias as they are not as healthy as the general population
- Same idea occuring if you select people healthier than normal

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54
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What type of bias is it if certain type of people drop out of study?

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Selection

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55
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What is procedure bias?

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Subjects in different groups are not treated the same

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56
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What is lead time bias?

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Detecting disease early being confused with better survival

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57
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What is the median?

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Middle number in set when organized numerically

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58
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Measurement most affected by outliers? Least?

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Most: Mean
Least: Mode

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59
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How is median calculated with even list of numbers?

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Average of middle two numbers

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60
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What happens to SD in very precise test?

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It is decreased

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61
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%s falling in first 3 standard deviations?

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1st: 68
2nd: 95
3rd: 99.7

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62
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Equation for standard error of mean?

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Standard deviation / (Square root sample size)

* As sample size increase, SEM decreases

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63
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Does standard deviation impact sample size?

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No, only impact standard error of mean

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64
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Break out of measurements in positive /negative skewed distribution?

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Positive: Mode Median > Mean

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65
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Best number in skewed distribution?

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Median

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66
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What is the null hypothesis?

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That there is no statistical difference between 2 groups

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67
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What is on 4 x 4 box in hypothesis testing?

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Results on left, population on top

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68
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What is type I error?

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Stating there is an effect/difference when one does not actually exist

  • Null rejected, experimental accidently accepted
  • This is in box B
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What is alpha?

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The probability of making type I error (Study says there is a difference when in reality there is not)

70
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How to interpret P value?

71
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What is type II error?

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“Box C”

  • Saying there is not a difference when there really is one
  • You fail to reject null hypothesis when in reality it is false
72
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What is beta?

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Probability of making type II error

73
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Ways to reduce Type II error?

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  1. Increase sample size
74
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2 things decreased by increasing sample size?

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  1. Type 2 error

2. Standard error of mean

75
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Which error is false negative / positive?

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Type I: False positive

Type II: False negative

76
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What is power?

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Likelihood you find a difference when one truly exists

- Probability of rejecting null hypothesis when it is false

77
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What is a powerful study?

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High likelihood of finding a difference if one is present

78
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Equation for power?

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1 - Beta (this is type II error )

79
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What impacts power?

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  1. Samples size increases: power in numbers
  2. Decreased standard deviation
  3. Increased alpha
  4. Increased mean value between groups
80
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What is confidence interval?

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Range of values in which specified sample means is expected to fall

81
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What does 95% confidence interval correspond to?

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P value of .05

82
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What is Z score at 95% / 99%confidence interval?

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95%: 1.96

99%: 2.58

83
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3 rules for interpreting confidence intervals?

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  1. If 95% confidence interval for mean difference between 2 variables includes zero, then there is no significant difference and should not reject null hypothesis
  2. If 95% interval for odds ratio or relative risk includes 1, null hypothesis should not be rejected
  3. If CI between 2 groups overlap, they are note significantly different
84
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What does a T test do?

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Compares mean of 2 groups to see if there is statistical difference

85
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What is Anova test?

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  • Compares means of > 3 groups to see if statistical difference
  • Same as T, just for more groups
86
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What is Chi square test?

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  • Comares 2 or more percentages or proportions of categorical outcomes
  • EG: comparing % of smokers with lung cancer to % smokers without lung cancer
87
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What is correlation coefficient?

88
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What is coefficient of determination?

89
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What is autonomy?

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Respect patient as individuals and honor their preferences in medical care or refusing care

90
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What can refuse treatment?

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Any competent person > 18 at any time

91
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Does autonomy or beneficence trump?

92
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3 conditions of informed consent?

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  1. Disclosure: discussion with patient
  2. Capacity and understanding to agree to plan
  3. Acting voluntarily / free from coercion
93
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Exceptions to informed consent?

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  1. Patient lacks capacity: act in beneficence
  2. Medical emergency: implied consent
  3. Therapeutic privilege: withholding info if it would damage outcome
    - EG: not telling suicidal patient they have cancer
94
Q

How can minor be emancipated?

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  1. Married
  2. Have a child
  3. Self supporting
  4. Joined military
95
Q

When is parental consent not required?

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  1. Emergency care
  2. Contraceptives
  3. STDs
  4. Management of addiction
96
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When is parent not allowed to refuse treatment for child?

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Life and death situation

97
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Components of decision making capacity?

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  1. Make and communicate choice
  2. Fully informed
  3. Stable decision over time
  4. Consistency with their values and goals
  5. No delusions or hallucinations
  6. > 18 yo or emancipated
98
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Do intoxicated people have capacity?

99
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What is a living will?

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Written description of treatments if patient becomes incapacitated

100
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What is the order of surrogate decision making?

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  1. Spouse
  2. Adult children
  3. Parents
  4. Siblings
101
Q

When is confidentiality waived?

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  1. Harm to self / others
  2. No way to warn / protect people at risk
    3.
102
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When should you go to superior, court, or ethics committee?

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This is almost never the answer

103
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When should you refer patient to another physician?

104
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What to do in non adherence?

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Find out why and determine willingness to change behavior

105
Q

What to do if patient continues to smoke?

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Ask how they feel about smoking then offer advice if they express desire to quit

106
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Response if trouble taking medicines?

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  • Give written instruction and try to simplify regimen
107
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What to do if family asks for information?

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Avoid this unless explicit permission is given from patient

108
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What to do if child wants to know about illness?

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Ask parents first what they have told child

109
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What to do if pregnant minor?

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  1. DO NOT advise abortion
  2. Advise to talk to parents
  3. Mother retains right to make decisions about fetus
110
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What to if family wants adoption on child wants to keep baby?

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  • Provide her with information about caring for child

- Encourage open dialogue with parents

111
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What to do if patient asks for suicide??

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Refuse involvement and give appropriate analgesic

- Medically appropriate analgesics can be given even if it will shorten life

112
Q

What to do if suicidal?

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Suggest they remain in hospital voluntarily

113
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When can suicidal person be withheld in hospital against will?

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  • They refuse to be admitted

- You deem them to lack capacity

114
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If patient gets romantic?

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  1. Never
  2. Ask for chaperone
  3. Don’t say not while they’re a patient
  4. Ask direct, close ended questions
115
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What to do if patient says they feel ugly?

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  1. Ask why they feel this way

2. Do not provide reassurance

116
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What to do with angry patient?

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  1. Acknowledge anger without taking personally
  2. Do not make excuses
  3. Encourage open communication with old physicians
  4. Apologize but dont try to explain it
117
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What if patient is upset about how other doctor treated them?

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Encourage them to speak directly with doctor

118
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What if patient has problem with office staff?

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Tell patient you will speak to that person personally

119
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What to do if medical error is made?

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Always inform patient

120
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When does moro disappear?

121
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When does rooting disappear?

122
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When does palmar disappear?

123
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When does babinski disappear?

124
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When can baby lift head?

125
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When can baby roll and sit?

126
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When can you crawl?

127
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When can you pincer?

A

10 months = 10 fingers for ten hands

128
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When can you stand?

A

10 months = on all 10 toes

129
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When can you walk?

A

12 - 18 months

130
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When can you smile?

131
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Stranger and separation anxiety?

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Stranger: 6 months
Separation: 9 months

132
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Orient to voice / name?

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Voice: 4 months
Name: 9 months

133
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Object permanence?

134
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Mama and dada?

135
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When can you say single words?

136
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Parallel play?

137
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Rapprochement?

138
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Cooperative play?

139
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Core gender identity?

140
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Imaginary friends?

141
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Kick a ball?

142
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200 word vocab / 2 word phrases?

143
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Tricycle?

144
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1000 word vocab?

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3 years: think, 1 year for each zero

145
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Detailed stories?

146
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How many cubes can a kid stack?

A

Age in years x 3

147
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When can you complete simple shape?

148
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Does sexual interest decline in age?

A

Not in men: decreased libido in women post menopause

149
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Sleep changes in aging?

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  1. Decrease REM
  2. Decrease slow wave
  3. Increased awakening
  4. Increased latency
150
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Age group with highest suicide rate?

151
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Fat change in old age?

A

Brown: decreases
White: increases

152
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3 stages of disease prevention?

A

Prevent
Screen
Treat

153
Q

What to say if stem says “offer them specific drug because they have medicaid?”

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Dont do it! Offer them best and all treatment options regardless of insurance

154
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What gets medicare?

155
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4 parts of medicare

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Part A: Admissions to hospital
Part B: Basic bills
Part C: Combined (A + B by private company)
Part D: Drugs

156
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What is medicaid?

A

Insurance for Destitute

157
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When can you point?

158
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Climb stairs?

159
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Feed self with fork?

160
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When can you copy line, circle, etc?

161
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Hop on one foot?

162
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Use button / zipper?

163
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Greatest killers

A
  1. Congenital defects

2.

164
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Greatest killers > 65?

A
  1. Heart disease

2. Cancer

165
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Age group with greatest cancer death?

A

45 - 60 yo

166
Q

Who is cancer second leading cause of death for?

A

1 - 14
35 - 44
> 65

167
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Greatest killer across all groups?

A

Unintentional injury

168
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When does hospital visit count as readmission?

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Within 30 days of first visit and does not have to be for readmission

169
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What is human factors design?

A

Limiting human error by developing systems that simplify and standardize protocol

170
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What is the PDSA cycle?

A

Plan
Do
Study / analyze
Act

171
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Example of balancing measurement?

A

How do HBA1C levels correlate with disease

172
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Example of process measurement?

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Performance of system: % of patients with HBA1C measurement in 6 months

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