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RESEARCH - 1st Year 1st Sem Comprehensive Exam > Midterm Evals - October 2019 > Flashcards

Midterm Evals - October 2019 Flashcards

1
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Descriptive studies do

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Draw inferences about cause and effect

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2
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Commonly used control group

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Hospital-based

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3
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Best control group

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Population-based

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4
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Unit of measurement in case control

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Odds ratio

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5
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Inappropriate conclusion on an individual absed on ecological date

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Ecological Fallacy

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6
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Group of individuals as a whole is used to determine efficacy of a drug/procedure

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Community trial

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7
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To test BCG vaccination

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Preventive/Prophylactic trials

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8
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Type of clinical trial when investigator intervenes before a disease has developed

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Intervention

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9
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Type of clinical trial given in an attempt to relieve smptoms

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Therapeutic

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10
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To test efficacy of a preventive/therapuetic agent or procedure

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Clinical trial

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11
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Experimental is the same with ___ because it requires follow up

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Cohort

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12
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Study design considered as “prevalence study”

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cross sectional

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13
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Cohort

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incidence

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14
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Ratio between incidence of exposed and non-exposed-

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relative risk

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15
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Why compute sample size-

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POPULATION IS LARGE, TIME CONSTRAINT,HUMANPOWER CONSTRAINT,

BUDGET CONSTRAINT

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16
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Advantage of sampling method

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REDUCED COST, GREATER SPEED, GREATER SCOPE, GREATER

ACCURACY

17
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Unit of analysis are population. Information about exposure and outcome is collected at group level

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Ecological Studies

18
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Careful detailed report of the profile of a single patient, most basic type of descriptive study

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Case

Report

19
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Longer lasting cases are detected, may under represent diseases with short duration-

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Neyman Bias

20
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Investigator anticipate most likely responses to the questions

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Close ended questions

21
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Type of question when asking for age

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Fill in the blank questions

RESEARCH - 1st Year 1st Sem Comprehensive Exam (7 decks)

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