Definitions

Question 1

incidence

Answer 1

refers to how often a situation occurs

Question 2

prevalence

Answer 2

refers to how common is a situation

Question 3

sensitivity of a clinical test

Answer 3

refers to the ability of the test to correctly identify those patients with the disease.

Question 4

specificity of a clinical test

Answer 4

refers to the ability of the test to correctly identify those patients without the disease.

Question 5

reliability

Answer 5

is the ability of a test to produce the same result when repeated under identical conditions.