Epidemiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 151: _____ years age group is mc affected in TB

Answer: 15-45

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Flashcard 152: SAR in pertussis is _____% in unimmunised

Answer: 90

Flashcard 153: types of experimental trials are _____

Answer: randomised and non randomised

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Flashcard 154: prescriptive screening works on _____ level of prevention

Answer: secondary

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Flashcard 155: _____ gave the multifactorial causation of disease

Answer: Pettenkofer

Flashcard 156: P in Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) stands for _____

Answer: Presumptive case surveillance

Flashcard 157: 1. Identify → _____ 2. Disease caused → African trypanosomiasis

Answer: Tsetse fly

Flashcard 158: 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 159: * Crude Death Rate (CDR) = _____ * Disease specific death rate = _____ * Sex specific death rate = _____ * Age specific death rate = _____ * Period specific death rate (Month) = e.g., Jan = _____ * Period specific death rate (Week) = e.g., 15th week = _____ All the above given indicators are stated in the unit: _____

Answer: \(\frac {No. \ of \ deaths \ during \ the \ year \ in \ a \ particular \ geographic \ area}{Mid-year \ Population } \times 1000\)

Flashcard 160: _____ was the first true epidemiologist

Answer: hippocrates

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