Cumulative Incidence in Health Sciences

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What is the main difference between measuring presence and measuring occurrence of health indicators?

Presence measurement is based on prevalence and odds, while occurrence measurement is based on cumulative incidence and incidence rate.

Presence measurement is useful for acute health indicators, while occurrence measurement is useful for chronic health indicators.

Presence measurement is related to new cases, while occurrence measurement is related to the evolution of the health indicator over time.

Presence measurement is useful for time-dependent outcomes, while occurrence measurement is useful for unchanging characteristics. (correct)

Which type of health indicator is best measured using prevalence and odds?

Time-dependent outcomes

Unchanging characteristics

Chronic health indicators (correct)

Acute health indicators

What does cumulative incidence measure?

The evolution of a health indicator over time

The prevalence and odds of a chronic health indicator

The presence of a health indicator among individuals

The occurrence of new cases related to a health indicator over time (correct)

When is measuring occurrence particularly useful?

For time-dependent outcomes Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between cumulative incidence and incidence rate?

Cumulative incidence measures new cases over a specific period, while incidence rate measures the evolution of a health indicator over time. Signup and view all the answers

Which measurement is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?

Measuring prevalence Signup and view all the answers

What does the p-value of 0.548 indicate?

No evidence against the null hypothesis Signup and view all the answers

In epidemiology, what is the incidence rate?

The number of new cases per person-time at risk unit Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between cumulative incidence (CI) and incidence rate (Ir)?

CI depends on the total time at risk, while Ir depends on the proportion of new cases in the cohort Signup and view all the answers

How can a confidence interval for the incidence rate (Ir) be obtained?

Based on a Poisson distribution or an approximation based on the normal distribution Signup and view all the answers

What distribution is assumed for the time to the beginning of the illness when estimating cumulative incidence?

Exponential distribution Signup and view all the answers

What does the Wald test in epidemiology compare for two incidence rates?

The expectation and variance of new cases in each population area Signup and view all the answers

What value is compared to a chi-squared distribution in the Wald test for comparing two incidence rates?

(I1 ∆t0 - I0 ∆t1)2 / Var(Ij) Signup and view all the answers

What does the p-value indicate in the context of the Wald test for comparing two incidence rates?

The probability that there is no difference in the number of new cases between the two populations Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean if Ir could be time varying in epidemiological terms?

The probability of getting the disease changes over time Signup and view all the answers

How is cumulative incidence (CI) estimated in epidemiology?

By using the proportion of new cases in the cohort Signup and view all the answers

What is required to estimate incidence rate (Ir) in epidemiological studies?

Having information on both the number of new cases and total time at risk for each individual in the study Signup and view all the answers

In epidemiology, what does Ir represent?

The expansion speed of a disease in a population at a particular time point Signup and view all the answers

What is the prevalence (P) of a given disease D within a given time interval of length $t$?

The proportion of individuals affected by D in the population of interest Signup and view all the answers

What is the main limitation of the approximated confidence interval formula (1)?

It may give an upper bound of the confidence interval higher than 1 or a lower bound lower than 0 Signup and view all the answers

In which type of studies is it not possible to estimate prevalence?

A and B Signup and view all the answers

What statistical tests can be used to compare prevalence in two different populations?

binom.test and prop.test Signup and view all the answers

Which measure is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?

Prevalence Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between measuring presence and measuring occurrence of health indicators?

Presence refers to the existence of a health indicator, while occurrence refers to the frequency of its appearance Signup and view all the answers

$CI = \frac{I}{N0}$, where $I$ is the number of new cases and $N0$ is the disease-free population size. What does $I$ represent in this formula?

$I$ represents the total number of new cases within a given time interval Signup and view all the answers

Which measure is sensitive to the duration of the disease in an individual?

Prevalence Signup and view all the answers

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What is the main difference between measuring presence and measuring occurrence of health indicators?

Which type of health indicator is best measured using prevalence and odds?

What does cumulative incidence measure?

When is measuring occurrence particularly useful?

What is the difference between cumulative incidence and incidence rate?

Which measurement is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?

What does the p-value of 0.548 indicate?

In epidemiology, what is the incidence rate?

What is the main difference between cumulative incidence (CI) and incidence rate (Ir)?

How can a confidence interval for the incidence rate (Ir) be obtained?

What distribution is assumed for the time to the beginning of the illness when estimating cumulative incidence?

What does the Wald test in epidemiology compare for two incidence rates?

What value is compared to a chi-squared distribution in the Wald test for comparing two incidence rates?

What does the p-value indicate in the context of the Wald test for comparing two incidence rates?

What does it mean if Ir could be time varying in epidemiological terms?

How is cumulative incidence (CI) estimated in epidemiology?

What is required to estimate incidence rate (Ir) in epidemiological studies?

In epidemiology, what does Ir represent?

What is the prevalence (P) of a given disease D within a given time interval of length $t$?

What is the main limitation of the approximated confidence interval formula (1)?

In which type of studies is it not possible to estimate prevalence?

What statistical tests can be used to compare prevalence in two different populations?

Which measure is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?

What is the main difference between measuring presence and measuring occurrence of health indicators?

$CI = \frac{I}{N0}$, where $I$ is the number of new cases and $N0$ is the disease-free population size. What does $I$ represent in this formula?

Which measure is sensitive to the duration of the disease in an individual?

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