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Epi Midterm Review Flashcards

1
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Objectives of Epi

A 
Distribution
-frequencies
-patterns
Determinants
-risk factors
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John Snow

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Father of Epi

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3 Assumptions made by Epi

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  1. Disease not random
  2. Investigation can lead to association, causes and prevention
  3. Making comparisons is cornerstone
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6 Core Functions

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Public Health surveillance
Field investigation
Analytic studies
Evaluation
Linkages
Policy development
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Population vs. Sample

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Population is all ind making up common group from which a sample can be obtained

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Generalizability

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Inferential statistics transposed from sample to full population

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Inferential Stats

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Inferences made about random data relative to a sample

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Epidemic

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Occurrence of disease clearly in excess of normal expectance

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Outbreak

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AKA upsurge/cluster

An epidemic linked to a localized increase in occurrence of disease

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Pandemic

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Epidemic occurring over very wide area, large number of people

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Endemic

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Constant presence of a disease within given area or population in excess of normal levels in other areas

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Cluster

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AKA outbreak

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2 Main stages of disease prevention

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Primary - preventing disease

Secondary - Interrupts disease process

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MeSH

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Medical Subject Headings

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Boolean terms

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AND, OR, NOT

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CONSORT

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Clinical trial checklist

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STROBE

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Observational trial checklist

cohort, case-control, cross-sectional

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STARD

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Diagnostic study checklist

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PRISMA

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Systematic reviews/Meta-analyses checklist

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3 Characteristics of data

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  1. Magnitude
  2. Interval
  3. Rational Zero
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Magnitude

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Bigger is more, lower is less

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Interval

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Equal, even spacing

Ex. time

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Nominal Data

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No magnitude, No interval
Non-ranked categories
Ex. Sex, race, handed-ness

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Ordinal Data

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Magnitude, No interval
Categories, ranking something
Ex. Pain scale

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Interval Data

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Magnitude and Interval

Ex. height, weight, age, income, days until surgery

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Mean

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Average

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Median

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Value that divides group values into half

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Mode

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Most frequently occurring value

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Variation

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Difference between max and min

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Spread or dispersion of data

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Variance
Standard Deviation (square root of variance)
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Graph Types

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Pyramid
Stacked
Pie
Line Graph - trend
Scatter plot
Box plot
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Null Hypothesis

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H0

Study hypothesis that states no true difference between groups being compared

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Alternative Hypothesis

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H1

Hypothesis states there IS a true difference

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P Score

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Want less than 0.05 (5%) so it is a statistically significant result. NOT by chance

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P < .05

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Statistically significant, result is not by chance

Reject null hypothesis

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Type 1 Error

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(alpha)
Rejecting null hypothesis when it is actually true
False positive

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Type 2 Error

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(beta)

NOT rejecting null hypothesis when it is actually false. There is a real diff but you don’t reject H0

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Power

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Ability of a study to find difference in study if it was there

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Sample size

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Larger increases power. More likely to find a difference if it is there

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Sensitivity

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Box A

Proportion of time that a test is positive in pt that does have disease

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Specificity

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Box D

How well test can detect absence of disease when in fact disease is absent

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Diagnostic Accuracy

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Proportion of time a pt is correctly identified as either having a disease or not having disease

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Positive Likelihood Ratio

A

LR+
Probability of positive test in presence of disease
Sensitivity/1-Specificity

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PPV

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How accurately a positive test predicts presence of disease

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Validity

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Ability to accurately discern between those that have disease and those that don’t

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Internal validity

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Extent to which results accurately reflect the true situation of study population

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External validity

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Extent results are applicable to other, non studied populations

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Reliability

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=Reproducibility

49
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3 factors necessary to compare dz frequencies in diff popultions

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number of people affected by disease
Size of the source population
Length of time population followed

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Ratios

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Division of 2 unrelated numbers

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Risk

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AKA : Attack rate, incidence, cumulative incidence

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Common measure of disease frequency

A 
Mortality rate
Death rate
Survival rate
Live birth rate
Fertility rate
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Absolute Difference

A

Subtracting differences

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ARR

A

How much is difference in risk attributed to your exposure

55
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Observational

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designs considered natural
Observe outcomes
Useful for unethical study designs

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Experimental

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Intervention
Can demonstrate causation
Investigator selects interventions

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Advantages of Clinical

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Cause precedes effect - shows causation

Only design used by FDA for new drug/device

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Disadvantages of Clinical

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Cost
Time
Ethical
Generalizability

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Simple study design

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Subjects randomized once

Usually to test one hypothesis

60
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Factorial study design

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Randomized at least twice
Multiple hypotheses
Disadv: risk of drop out, restricts generalizability

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Parallel Study design

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groups concurrently and parallel

NOT cross-over

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Cross-over study design

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Groups serve as own control
1 person multiple data pts
Wash out period to reset to normal

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Direct Endpoints

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Most clinically relevant, publishable

Ex death, stroke, hospitalization

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Surrogate Markers

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Number that is associated with bad outcome VS direct endpts

Ex. cholesterol, BP

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Blocked randomization

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Make sure group is equal
1:1, 2:1, etc
ensures balance within each group

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Stratified randomization

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Ensures balance by known confounding variable

ex. age, gender, disease severity

67
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Placebo/Dummy

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Inert treatments

30-50%

68
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Hawthorne Effect

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Desire of study subject to please investigator

69
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Double Dummy

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more than one placebo

70
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Run in/Lead in phase

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ALL study subjects given one or more placebos for initial therapy to determine baseline of disease

71
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4 Principles of Bioethics

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  1. Autonomy
  2. Beneficience
  3. Justice
  4. Nonmaleficence
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Autonomy

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self rule/determination

ex. not in place is mental capacity, age

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Beneficiance

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Benefit/do good for patient

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Justice

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Equal fair treatment regardless of pt characteristics

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Nonmaleficence

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Do no harm

  • withhold info
  • lie
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Consent

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Agree to participate

Legal age

77
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Assent

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Not able to consent, legal guardian must consent

78
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Belmont Report

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1978

  1. Respect for persons
  2. Beneficiene
  3. Justice
79
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IRB

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Protect human subjects before study

OHRD is law above IRB, could mean jail

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DSMB

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Data safety and Monitoring Board
Assess for undue risk or benefit AFTER study starts
Can stop study early

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Equipoise

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Genuine confidence that an intervention may be worthwhile in order to use it in humans
-principal people who argue against placebo use

82
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Full Board IRB

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ALL drug trials

Interventional trials with more than minimal/no risk to pts

83
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Expedited IRB

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Minimal risk and no pt identifiers

84
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Exempt IRB

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No pt identifiers, low/no risk, enviro, use of existing data/specimens

85
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Kappa Statistic

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Agreement between evaluators
+1 perfectly agree
-1 exactly opposite

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Kappa Interpretation

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.8-1 excellent
.6-.8 good
.4-.6 fair
0-.4 poor

87
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Positive Post Hoc

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If sub groups are pre-defined and NOT fishing

88
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3 Factors for Sample Size

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  1. Anticipated difference between groups
  2. Background rate of outcome
  3. Alpha and Beta (power)
89
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Ways to Handle Drop outs

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  1. Include them anyway
  2. Ignore them
  3. Treat them as “as treated” - move subject
90
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Improving Adherence

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Frequent follow ups
Treatment reminders
Med blister packs, dosage containers

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