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RESS - Lectures Flashcards

1
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Define Health Equity

A

Differences in QUALITY of healthcare in different populations

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Define Health Inequality

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Differences in SOCIO-ECONOMIC standards in relation to an outcome

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3
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Descriptive Epidemiology

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Looks at time, place and person

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Analytical Epidemiology

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Looks at the cause of the illness

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5
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Describe the Scientific Method

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Observation –> Hypothesis –> Test Hypothesis –> Reject (modify hypothesis) OR Not reject (Test again)

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6
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Define Hypothesis

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A testable statement that describes and observation

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7
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Theory

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A well confirmed explanation of nature that can however still be falsified

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What features must a hypothesis have?

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Has to be falsifiable

YOU CAN FALSIFY A HYPOTHESIS BUT CAN’T PROVE ITS TRUE

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How do you confirm a hypothesis?

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By rejecting the null hypothesis

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10
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What is a null hypothesis?

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The opposite of the hypothesis

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What is a type 1 error?

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Incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis (False Positive)

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What is a type 2 error?

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Incorrectly accepting a false null hypothesis (False Negative)

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13
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What is a health outcome?

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What results from an intervention

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14
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Examples of record based health outcomes

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Mortality and disease incidence

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15
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Examples of biological and clinical based health outcomes

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Lab tests, BMI, blood pressure and body temp

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16
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Examples of clinician and patient reported outcomes

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Health related quality of life, global ratings and symptom scores

17
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What is validity

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Accurately measures an outcome
(i.e. you wouldn’t use a thermometer to measure length of a table) or using BMI rather than weight as a measure of obesity

18
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What is reliability (Test - retest and Inter rater)

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If you did it again you would get the same outcome
Test - retest: Same result if done twice
Inter-rater: If someone else did it they would get the same result

19
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What is responsiveness

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Can detect real changes when they occur

e.g. continuous QoL scale rather than categorical

20
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What type of data can you apply stats to?

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Interval / continuous

21
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What are minimum clinically important differences?

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PATIENT DERIVED scores that reflect changes from a clinical intervention that are meaningful for the patient

22
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What do QALYS measure

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Quality and length of life

1 QALY = 1 year of life at full health

23
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Equation for QALYS

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Utility value x Survival data = QALY

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