PopSci

Question 1

Define critical appraisal?

Answer 1

Process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness and its value and relevance in a particular context

Question 2

What mnemonic is used to help develop a question that you want to answer?

Answer 2

Patient/population
Intervention/exposure
Comparison
Outcome

Question 3

What could be a reason for research papers not becoming published?

Answer 3

Small sample size
Study didnt actually test the authors’ hypothesis
Statistical analysis was incorrect or inappropriate
Conflict of interest
A different type of study should have been performed
Bias not accounted for

Question 4

What are the benefits and drawbacks of cross-sectional studies?

Answer 4

Benefits:
Useful for determining burden of disease in a population - i.e. prevalence
Good for generating hypothesis
Descriptive or analytical
Relatively quick and easy - no long follow up period
Drawbacks:
Snapshot therefore cant determine temporal sequence
Prone to bias and confounding

Question 5

What are the 4 stages of emergency management of a public health crisis?

Answer 5

1 - prevention and mitigation
2 - preparedness
INCIDENT occurs
3 - Response
4 - Recovery

Question 6

What are the 4 levels of poor health prevention?

Answer 6

1 - primordial prevention - health promotion
2 - primary prevention - disease prevention/screening
3 - secondary prevention - screening/treatment
4 - tertiary prevention - treatment/ rehabilitation

Question 7

What is the clinical relevance of frailty?

Answer 7

Severe frailty - patients response to stressors is far worse than people mildy frail. They will struggle to bounce back to baseline and eventually leading to dependence