Research Flashcards
A written report on the details of a series of related cases
Case series
A written report on the details of a single case
Case study
Research that addresses issues directly related to patient care
Clinical research
A prospective longitudinal experimental designed to assess the comparative efficacy or effectiveness of treatment, often labeled a RCT if random assignment of subjects is made to each of the comparison treatment group
Clinical trial
A defined group of people observed over a period of time
Cohort
A comparison group assignment in a clinical trial that receives no treatment, a placebo, or alternative treatment
Control group
Measurements taken at one moment in time
Cross sectional studies
An experiment in which patients and either doctors or outcome assessors are blinded
Double blinded studies
A general or statistical expression on how often a condition or disease occurs
Frequency
The proportion of a clearly defined group, initially free of a condition, that develops it over a period of time
Incidence
The consistency of measured results between different practitioners evaluating the same thing
Inter-observer reliability
The consistency in which one practitioner can consistently arrive at the same result
INTRA observer reliability
A study in which the researcher observes events as they occur naturally in the course of normal practice, without attempting to influence them
Observational study
The proportion of population having a particular condition or outcome at a given moment
Prevalence
A study that reviews events that have already occurred
Prospective study
A prospective longitudinal study in which patients are divided into two or more groups on a randomized basis
Randomized control
A consistency of a measurement when repeated
Reliability
A study that reviews event that already occurred
Retrospective study
Proportion of times a diagnostic study is correct in patients without the disease
Sensitivity
A study in which the patients are blinded as to whether they are in the experimental group or the comparison group
Single blind study
The proportion of times a diagnostic procedure is correct in patients with specific diagnosis
Specificity
The degree to which an observation or measurement proves an indication of the true state of the phenomena being measured
Validity
