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Epidemiology: Study Design Flashcards

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If the results from a randomized control trial are able to be generalized to a broader population, the study is said to have (internal/external) validity.

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External

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is a strategy used in research to prevent subjects from knowing whether they are in a control group or a treatment group.

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Masking

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In randomization, individuals are first stratified into groups based on important characteristics, and then randomly assigned to groups within the strata.

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Stratified

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The current practice in randomized control trials is to evaluate the study based on the , regardless of what happened to the subjects after being randomly assigned to groups.

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Intention to treat

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When a randomized control trial is particularly concerned about the comparability of treatment groups in a few characteristics, randomization is employed.

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Stratified

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In a randomized control trial, a substance that is physically similar, but not equal in bioactivity, to the active agent being tested is called a ____________.

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Placebo

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In case control studies, the population that have a certain outcome, is called .

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Cases

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“Does Medication A have a different cure rate than Medication B?” is an example of a/an (one-sided/two-sided) study

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Two-sided

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To determine the true side effect profile of a treatment, the rate of side effects of a treatment should be compared to the rate of side effects due to a .

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The of a study refers to how well a study can detect a difference between two treatments when a difference really does exist.

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Power

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In (planned/unplanned) crossover in a randomized control trial, there must be enough of a washout period after the first treatment protocol so that there is no overlap between treatments.

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Planned

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is a research strategy that masks both the subject and the observer from knowing which group- treatment or control- a subject is in.

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Double blinding

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The use of a can help to determine the real effects of a treatment as well as its side effects.

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Placebo

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In a (prospective/retrospective) cohort study, an investigator follows the subjects until the point at which a disease does or does not develop.

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Prospective

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Cohort studies allow for the measurement of (absolute/relative) risk of disease development in exposed individuals.

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Relative risk

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Randomized control trials most often measure the (efficacy/effectiveness) of an agent, or how well it works under ideal circumstances.

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Efficacy

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The five details needed before determining the right sample size are: .

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current response rate, the estimated difference in response rates, whether the test is one- or two- tailed, the p- value, and power.

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(Planned/Unplanned) crossover in a randomized control trial refers to a patient’s last minute decision to back out of the treatment group to which they were randomized.

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Unplanned

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The __________ control trial is referred to as the “golden standard” of any study design.

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randomized

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In a randomized control trial, refers to the masking of both the patients and the investigators of the study.

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Double blinding

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In a randomized control trial, the patients who receive the placebo are part of a (treatment/control) group.

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Control

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In (planned/unplanned) crossover in a randomized control trial, a patient is observed taking both a current and new treatment option.

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Planned

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In cohort studies, the selection of study groups (is/is not) random.

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Is not

24
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Ecological studies looking to measure prevalence and incidence in a certain geographical population are especially useful when the disease is (common/rare) .

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Rare

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Ecological studies (are/are not) designed to find causal relationships between variables.

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Are not

26
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A study is the comparison of the incidence of disease between an exposed group of individuals to a non-exposed group either retrospectively or prospectively.

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Cohort

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Ecological studies look at a(n) to figure out if there is a potential association between two variables.

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Group population

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A down-side to case-control studies is , where subjects overestimate or underestimate the exposure.

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Recall bias

29
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The (efficacy/effectiveness) of an agent is how well it works in real-life circumstances.

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Effectiveness

30
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Randomly selected people for a study (should/should not) be representative of the population being studied.

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Should

31
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Ecological studies compare the risk-modifying factors of health in a certain population determined by its to another different population.

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Geography

32
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When two independent drugs are introduced in a randomized control trial, the study variant is called _____________ design.

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Factorial

33
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The main purpose of randomization is to eliminate potential that are subconsciously introduced through investigator assignment.

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Biases

34
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One way to report the results of a randomized control trial is to calculate the ratio of risks between the two treatment groups, which is also known as the risk.

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Relative risk

35
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The is the probability that the summary of a dataset, such as a mean difference between two groups, would be the same as, or more extreme than, the number observed in the study.

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P-value

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A cohort study (can/cannot) be both retrospective and prospective in nature.

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Can

37
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Cohort studies are concerned with disease (incidence/prevalence) because a temporal relationship exists between exposure and disease.

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Incidence

38
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Ensuring compatibility between treatment groups (is/is not) the main purpose of randomization in randomized control trials.

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Is not

39
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Historical data is examined in (prospective/retrospective) cohort studies.

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Retrospective

40
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(Selection/Information) bias occurs in cohort studies when the choice of subjects within exposed or non-exposed groups relates to the outcome.

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Selection

41
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A p-value of 0.05 means that there’s a % probability to find the observed data in case the null hypothesis were true.

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5%

42
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A is an inert substance that appears to be the same as the active agent.

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Placebo

43
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(Selection/Information) bias is introduced to cohort studies when investigators subconsciously analyze data differently based on their preconceptions.

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Information

44
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(Selection/Information) ________ bias is introduced to cohort studies when the extent or quality of knowledge differs between the exposed and non-exposed groups.

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Information

45
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The (efficacy/effectiveness) of an agent is how well it works under ideal circumstances.

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Efficacy

46
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Randomization in a randomized control trial will theoretically (increase/decrease) the likelihood that the different groups will be comparable to one another in demographic characteristics.

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Increase

47
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Two different drugs can be included in a randomized control trial as long as their pharmacokinetics are (dependent/independent) of one another.

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Independent

48
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Case-control studies can also be used to explore many exposures associated with an outcome, which comes in handy for investigations.

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Outbreak

49
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If a randomized control trial was properly performed without any bias, it has (internal/external) validity.

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Internal

50
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“Does Medication A have a lower cure rate than Medication B?” is an example of a/an (one-sided/two sided) study.

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One-sided

51
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In case control studies, the population that doesn’t have a certain outcome, is called .

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Controls

52
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When the treatment groups in a randomized control trial are (large/small) , there is a greater chance that each group will be comparable to each in demographic characteristics.

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Large

53
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When group-level information is used to make assumptions about individuals, it’s called a/an __________.

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Ecological fallacy

54
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A (case-control/cohort) study aims to see if exposure affects the likelihood of a disease.

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Cohort

55
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To determine the true side effect profile of a treatment, the rate of side effects of a treatment should be compared to the rate of side effects due to a .

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Placebo

56
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Case-control studies are a type of study since they look at the past exposures of people.

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Retrospective

57
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Randomization of subjects (is/is not) necessary when the same patient undergoes both the control and treatment course.

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Is not

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