| Question |
Answer |
| Preventive medicine |
maintence and promotion of health and reduction of risk factors |
| incidence |
number of new events that occur during a specified period in a defined population |
| prevalence |
number of cases of a specified disease in a defined population at a particular point in time |
| specificity |
percentage of persons WITHOUT the disease who actually test negative for the disease |
| sensitivity |
percentage of persons WITH the disease who actually test positive for the disease |
| mortality |
determined by combination of incidence rate and likelihood of death following diagnosis |
| relative risk |
ratio of the incidence of the disease in subjects exposed to a particular risk factor, to the incidence of the disease in subjects not exposed to the risk factor |
| absolute risk |
probability of an event in the population |
| attributable risk |
additional risk following exposure |
| positive predictive value |
percentage of all the positive tests that will be TRUE positives |
| negative predictive value |
probability that the individual truly does not have disease if the test is negative, or normal |
| mission of USPSTF |
evaluate, recommend, identify a research agenda |
| USPSTF |
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
| risk factor |
value or condition that affects the probability of the occurrence of disease - not necessarily cause and effect |
| What is the "A" rating recommendation? |
yes, strongly |
| What is the "B" rating recommendation? |
yes |
| What is the "C" rating recommendation? |
not routinely |
| What is the "D" rating recommendation? |
No |
| What is the "I" rating recommendation? |
Unable to recommend |
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