Screening Flashcards
Validity/accuracy
Ability of a screening to test measure the actual value
Actual value measured is using gold standard
Predictive value
Diagnostic power of a test
PPV NPV
Positive predictive value
Probability of having a disease after a positive test
Npv
“ not having disease after negative test
Diagnostic power of inclusion and exclusion
Inclusion- ppv
Exclusion- npv
Reliability/repeatability/precision
Test will give same values when repeated in the same person under the same condition
The different variations in reliability
Subject variation
Instrument variation
Observer variation
Kappa’s coefficient
To measure degree of interobserver agreement
Sensitivity And formula
Ability of the test to detect true positive
True positive divided by diseased positive
(Try to think what specificity is too :P)
Ideal property of a screening test
Sensitivity
PPV and prevalence relation
Directly proportional
Npv and prevalence relation
Inversely proportional
Ppv and fp relation
Inversely
Sensitivity and specificity relation
Inversely proportional
Which are the constant properties
Sensitivity and specificity
Inherent properties
Will not change with prevalence
Parallel test describe
3 tests done together
Any 1 test positive- disease +
All 3 tests negative-disease -
Sequential testing describe
2 tests done in sequence
1st test -ve - don’t repeat next test
1st test +ve -2nd test
Know the relations of sensitivity/specificity/fp/fn/npv/fpv for parallel and sequential testing
You didn’t skip that did you -.-
Likelihood ratio + -
LR+ sens/1-spec
LR- 1-sens/spec
ROC curve
Receiver operating characteristic curve
To assess performance of a diagnostic test
Area under curve in ROC
Performance,accuracy
If disease fatality is more which parameter should be important
Increase sensitivity
If treatment is costly and has more adverse effect which parameter should be involved
Increased specificity
Lead time
Advantage gained by screening
Between point of detection and diagnosis
Screening should be done between which points
B and C
If you’re super clueless pls check the notes