Test 5 Flashcards
What are the factors of screening?
costs, lead time, and length bias
Lead time
Interval between the time when a disease can be first diagnosed by screening and when it is usually diagnosed and patients presenting with symptoms
Length bias
overestimation of survival due to detection of cases (disease) that are slowly progressing
Types of screenings
-Mass screening
-Multiple/multiphasic screening
-Target screening
-Case finding/opportunistic
Diagnostic Test
establish the course and nature of an already “ill” individual
Prognostic Test
we know you have it, how bad is it
Screening test
test to identify unrecognized disease or illness
Validity
the ability of a test to distinguish between those who have a disease and those who do not
What are the two things associated with validity?
sensitivity and specificity
Sensitivity
the ability of a test to identify correctly those with disease
Specificity
the ability of a test to identify correctly those without disease
Know the difference between True/False positive and negative
This is common sense lowkey
Prediction Value
the ability to predict the presence of disease from test results
Yield
the amount of previously undiagnosed disease that is diagnosed and brought to treatment as a result of the screening test
Primary
to reduce the new incidences of disease (flu shots; school nutrition programs; after-school programs; walking paths, seatbelt laws, etc)