Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies — Flashcards

Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies — Flashcards

Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies — Flashcards
#1

_____ studies are useful for measuring odds ratio (OR)

#2

_____ is defined as the proportion of clinical cases resulting in severe clinical manifestations, including death.

#3

CIR = (_____)/(# of people at risk for same time period) that gives you a measure of average risk

#4

Procedure bias is an error introduced in _____ that results from different groups being treated differently

#5

Confounding Bias can be reduced by RANDOMIZATION, but other important interventions include:- _____ of exposure groups- crossover studies- restriction of characteristics- multiple / repeated studies

#6

Selection bias is an error introduced in _____ that occurs due to a nonrandom sampling or treatment allocation of subjects

#7

Measurement bias is an error introduced while _____ where information is gathered in a systemically distorted manner

#8

Excluding skin cancer, which of the listed three demographics count the incidence of the following cancers as their top 3 most common in the United States? _____

Hint: Men, Women, or Children (age 0-14)?

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#9

Validity of a Screening Test: No answer _____

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#10

nested case control is a type of _____

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