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case fatality rate - what is it?

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proportion of people w/a condition than end up dying from the condition

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how is case fatality rate different from mortality rate?

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mortality has a denominator of entire population (even those w/o the condition) so is generally smaller than CFR

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attack rate - what is it?

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proportion of pl who develop an illness out of total population at risk

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median survival time - what is it?

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length of time it takes for 1/2 study population to die

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standardized mortality ratios - what are they?

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used to determine if the observed number of deaths in a group exceeds what would expect in a similar group (age, gender) excluding the variable of interest (smoking, cholesterol status)

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SnNout - what does this mean?

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in sensitive test, negative result helps rule OUT

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SpPin - what does this mean?

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in specific test, positive helps rule IN

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PPV - equation?

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TP / (TP + FP)

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PPV - what does it mean?

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probability that a positive test correctly identifies person w/dz (usually correlates best with highest SPECIFICITY)

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does PPV depend on prevalence?

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YES, increases with increasing prevalence

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NPV - what does it mean?

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probability that a negative test correctly identifies someone w/o the dz

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NPV - equation?

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TN/(TN +FN)

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absolute risk reduction (ARR) - how calculate?

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subtract risk of relapses in treatment group from placebo group

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number needed to treat - how calculate?

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1/ARR (absolute risk reduction)

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odds ratio - how calculate?

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probability divided by (1 minus probability) P/(1-P)

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odds ratio - how calculate w/ 2x2 plot?

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(a/c)/(b/d)

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RR (relative risk) - what is it?

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a ratio obtained by dividing 2 values (can divide 2 RRs to get cumulative RR)

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if the RR of an outcome in group A as compared to B is x, what is the RR in group B as compared to group A?

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1/x

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likelihood ratio - what is it?

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probability of a given test result occurring in a pt w/a disorder compared to the probability of same result in pt w/o the d/o

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positive LR - equation?

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sensitivity / (1-specificity)

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negative LR

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(1-sensitivity) / specificity

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are sensitivity and specificity independent or dependent on disease prevalence?

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independent

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what can you use to calculate post-test odds?

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LR

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post-test odds - equation?

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= pre-test odds * LR

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which test can be used to compare the results of multiple diagnostic tests?
LR
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factorial study design - what is it?
study that uses >= 2 interventions and all combinations of these interventions (ie A, B, A and B, or nothing)
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crossover study - what is it?
study where patients are exposed to different treatments/exposures sequentially
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nested study - what is it?
retrospective observational study where subsets of controls are matched to cases and analyzed for variables of interest
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is case-control study prospective or retrospective?
retrospective
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primordial prevention
prevention of risk factors themselves
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primary prevention
prevention of complications from a risk factor (ie someone with hld, start statin to prevnt MI)
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secondary prevention
attempts to halt dz rogression beore irreversible changes take place
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tertiary prevention
disease progressed beyond early stages, trying to limit impairments and disabilities (ie CABG)
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quaternary prevention
ie preventing unnecessary repeat cardiac cath by using shared med record
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sensitivity analysis
repeating primary analysis calculations after modifying variable ranges to see if modifications significantly affect results initialy obtained
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propensity scoring
weighs different variables (ie severity of different comorbidities) in tx and control groups to ensure variables are balanced between both groups
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lead time bias
happens when a test diagnoses a dz earlier than another test so "apparent survival period" appears longer
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length time bias
subjects with rapidly progressive dz are less likely to be detected by screening compared to those w/slowly progressive dz
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informed consent applies to which ethical principle of medicine?
autonomy
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fairness in deciding who gets scarce resources applies to which ethica principle of medicine?
justice
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not taking actions with respect to a patient that may be harmful or doubtful benefit - which medical ethical principle?
nonmaleficence
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needed to harm (NNH)
inverse of the absolute risk increase (difference in incidence rate between exposed and non-exposed groups)
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needed to treat (NNT)
inverse of the absolute risk reduction (difference in incidence rate between exposed and non-exposed groups)
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net clinical benefit
possible benefit minus possible harm
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intention to treat analysis - what is the main intent?
maintain randomization (ie avoid effects of crossover and dropout)
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observer bias
observer may be influenced by prior knowledge or details of the study that affect the results
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what do you do to avoid observer bias?
blinding
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type II error
failure to reject the null hypothesis when it is false
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why does type II error happen?
need good power of study (depends on sample size)
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ppv calculation
TP / (TP + FP)
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false positive rate
FP / (FP + TN)
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NPV
TN / (TN + FN)
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sensitivity calculation
TP / (TP + FN)
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specificity
TN / (TN + FP)
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PPV
TP / (TP + FP)
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NPV
TN / (TN + FN)
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positive LR
sensitivity / (1 - specificity)
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negative LR
(1-sensitivity) / specificity
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specificity - definition in words
probability of a nondiseased person testing negative
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sensitivity - definition in words
probability of a diseased person testing positive
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criteria for lung ca screening?
- age 55-80 - 30+ pack years - quit less than 15 years ago or current smoker
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attributable risk percentage - calculation?
(risk in exposed - risk in unexposed) / risk in exposed OR (RR-1)/RR
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population attributable risk percent - how different than attributable risk percentage?
PARP = measure of excess risk in the total population, not just those exposed
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population attributable risk percent - equation?
(risk in total population - risk in unexposed) / risk in total population
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risk in total population - equation?
(risk in exposed)(proportion exposed) + (risk in nonsmokers)(proportion of nonsmokers)
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type II error
study fails to reject a null hypothesis that is false (false negative)
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equation for power
power = 1-B
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type I error
study rejects null hypothesis that is true (false positive)
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standardized mortality ratio - calculation?
observed # of deaths in pop of interest / expected # of deaths in total pop
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negatively skewed distribution?
mean < median < mode (mea, med, mo)
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positively skewed distribution?
mode < median < mean (mo, med, mea)
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in skewed distributions, what is most valid measure of central location?
median
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what is internal validity?
are we measuring what we think we are measuring
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what is the major threat to internal validiy?
confounding
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LR+
probability of pt w/dz testing positive divided by the probability of a pt without the disease testing positive
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LR-
probability of a pt with the dz testing negative divided by the proability of a pt without the disease testing negative
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NNT - equation?
``` NNT = 1/ARR ((ARR = control rate - treatment rate)) ```
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absolute risk reduction (ARR) - equation?
ARR = control rate = treatment rate

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