26 Questions
What is the main difference between measuring presence and measuring occurrence of health indicators?
Presence measurement is useful for time-dependent outcomes, while occurrence measurement is useful for unchanging characteristics.
Which type of health indicator is best measured using prevalence and odds?
Chronic health indicators
What does cumulative incidence measure?
The occurrence of new cases related to a health indicator over time
When is measuring occurrence particularly useful?
For time-dependent outcomes
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.
Which measurement is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?
Measuring prevalence
What does the p-value of 0.548 indicate?
No evidence against the null hypothesis
In epidemiology, what is the incidence rate?
The number of new cases per person-time at risk unit
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
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
What distribution is assumed for the time to the beginning of the illness when estimating cumulative incidence?
Exponential distribution
What does the Wald test in epidemiology compare for two incidence rates?
The expectation and variance of new cases in each population area
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)
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
What does it mean if Ir could be time varying in epidemiological terms?
The probability of getting the disease changes over time
How is cumulative incidence (CI) estimated in epidemiology?
By using the proportion of new cases in the cohort
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
In epidemiology, what does Ir represent?
The expansion speed of a disease in a population at a particular time point
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
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
In which type of studies is it not possible to estimate prevalence?
A and B
What statistical tests can be used to compare prevalence in two different populations?
binom.test and prop.test
Which measure is particularly useful for assessing unchanging characteristics like asthma or diabetes?
Prevalence
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
$CI = \frac{I}{N0}$, 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
Which measure is sensitive to the duration of the disease in an individual?
Prevalence
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