Quiz #1

Question 1

Multiple groups of twins were followed for 20 years. The groups were separated by their professions into manual labor with heavy lifting or high impact injuries on the spine and those with desk or low impact jobs. The study was looking for the incidences of degenerative spinal canal stenosis in these two groups to identify the risk of these careers for degenerative spinal canal stenosis. What is this an example of?

Answer 1

Cohort Study

Question 2

A survey was sent out asking residence of rural, suburbia, and within the major city. The survey asked about many factors of life such as income, satisfaction, health conditions etc. One of the questions was “have you ever sustained a vehicle-pedestrian injury?” After the survey was complete the data were compared and a conclusion was drawn that you have a risk factor of a vehicle-pedestrian injury as follows:
Rural .5%, suburbia 2%, and within the major city 1.4%. What is this an example of?

Answer 2

Cross Sectional Survey

Question 3

A study was conducted by looking through patients medical histories on electronic health record. Comparison of the number of patients that got mesothelioma (cancer of the pulmonary pleura) in those exposed and not exposed to asbestos was compared to the data of people who did not get mesothelioma (both exposed and non-exposed). This information was used to determine the relative risk of being exposed to asbestos. What is this an example of?

Answer 3

Case-Control

Question 4

Frequency refers to reporting of?

Answer 4

new cases or deaths per population over a specific period of time.

Question 5

Another term for healthcare associated infections is _______________?

Answer 5

nosocomial infections

Question 6

What is the odds ratio of a case-control study table that contained the following numbers?

Cancer No cancer

Exposure to toxin 10 1990
No exposure to toxin 5 1995

Answer 6

2.01

Question 7

The total number of cases (both new and old) within a population reported over a specific period of time is referred to as the__________?

Answer 7

Prevalence

Question 8

What agency takes care of the publishing of weekly morbidity and mortality reports?

Answer 8

CDC

Question 9

What agency regulates safety in cosmetics?

Answer 9

FDA

Question 10

The number of new cases that have occurred over a specific period of time would be referred to as the ________ of the condition/disease.

Answer 10

Incidence