Biostats Flashcards
Odds ratio for these study designs.
Case-control studies.
Cohort studies are ___.
prospective
Cohort studies are appropriate for estimating ____ and ____.
Incidence and relative risk.
A specified patient population is studied at a given time.
Cross-sectional study design.
Measure of this can be obtained with a cross-sectional study.
Prevalence.
Treatments are allocated to different subjects or patients in a random or nonrandom manner.
Parallel design.
Each subject receives or undergoes a series of treatments of each treatment condition being studied.
Cross-over design.
Unintentional, systematic error that threatens the internal validity of a study.
Bias.
LOE for high-quality research trials, RCTs.
Level I.
LOE of cohort studies or lesser quality clinical trials.
Level II.
LOE for case-control studies.
Level III.
LOE for case series.
Level IV.
LOE for expert opinion.
Level V.
Proportion of existing cases or conditions of injuries or disease within a particular population.
Prevalence.
Proportion of new injuries or disease cases within a specified time period.
Incidence.
