Part 1: Treatment in harm and prevention

Question 1

Treatment Selection Criteria

Answer 1

Efficacy
Outcome measures
Indications/contraindications
Side Effects/Complications
Interaction

Question 2

Efficacy

Answer 2

The ability of an intervention to produce the desired beneficial effect

Question 3

Primary outcome measures

Answer 3

endpoints that are intended to be directly impacted by the intervention

Question 4

Secondary outcome measures

Answer 4

additional end points that are evaluated but that are not the specific focus of the intervention

Question 5

Indication

Answer 5

when a given treatment should be used

Question 6

Contraindication

Answer 6

When a given treatment should not be used

Question 7

Side Effects

Answer 7

unintended symptoms from treatment, prevention, diagnostic, or screening procedures

Question 8

Interactions

Answer 8

the state or process of two or more things acting on each other

Question 9

What do we look for in studies of harm?

Answer 9

• Increase in absolute risk
• The number needed to harm
• Odds ratio
• Explanations of the balance between benefit and harm in the study population

Question 10

Primary Prevention

Answer 10

Aims to reduce the incidence of disease by personal communal efforts

Question 11

Secondary Prevention

Answer 11

Aims to reduce the prevalence of disease by shortening its duration

Question 12

Tertiary Prevention

Answer 12

Consists of measures aimed at softening the impact of long term disease and disability

Question 13

Quaternary Prevention

Answer 13

Consists of actions that identify patients at risk of over diagnosis or overmedication and that protects them from excessive medical intervention