Epidemiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 151: prescriptive screening works on _____ level of prevention

Answer: secondary

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Flashcard 152: _____ gave the multifactorial causation of disease

Answer: Pettenkofer

Flashcard 153: 1. Identify → _____ 2. Disease caused → African trypanosomiasis

Answer: Tsetse fly

Flashcard 154: P in Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) stands for _____

Answer: Presumptive case surveillance

Flashcard 155: _____ years age group is mc affected in TB

Answer: 15-45

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Flashcard 156: Hawthorne bias refers to:

Answer: Change in behavior of study participants due to the awareness of being observed Note: Commonly seen in prospective cohort studies

Flashcard 157: formula of odd's ratio is

Answer: ad/bc aka cross production ratio * SUPRA not total -but affected /non affected -NOT TOTAL remember as logical divided by illogical

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Flashcard 158: types of experimental trials are _____

Answer: randomised and non randomised

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Flashcard 159: advantage of cross over study design is _____

Answer: no ethical problems

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Flashcard 160: number needed to treat/harm is counted in _____

Answer: randomised control trial

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