This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about key concepts in epidemiology. It covers topics like types of epidemiological studies (e.g. case-control, cohort, cross-sectional), measures of disease frequency (e.g. prevalence, rate, endemic), and factors involved in the transmission and prevention of disease (e.g. immunizations, isolation, treatment). The questions test understanding of fundamental epidemiological terms, examples of different study designs, and assumptions underlying epidemiological research.
This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about key concepts in epidemiology. It covers topics like types of epidemiological studies (e.g. case-control, cohort, cross-sectional), measures of disease frequency (e.g. prevalence, rate, endemic), and factors involved in the transmission and prevention of disease (e.g. immunizations, isolation, treatment). The questions test understanding of fundamental epidemiological terms, examples of different study designs, and assumptions underlying epidemiological research.
This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about key concepts in epidemiology. It covers topics like types of epidemiological studies (e.g. case-control, cohort, cross-sectional), measures of disease frequency (e.g. prevalence, rate, endemic), and factors involved in the transmission and prevention of disease (e.g. immunizations, isolation, treatment). The questions test understanding of fundamental epidemiological terms, examples of different study designs, and assumptions underlying epidemiological research.
1. Investigation of the determinants of disease is known as:
Analytic epidemiology 2. A Prevalence is a measure of disease frequency in a defined population over a specified period of time. 3. Which of the following is an example of a cyclical trend in epidemiology? The rate of RSV admissions in the fall of each year in the western states 4. The purpose of studies in epidemiology is what? To explain a change in disease patterns To alert the healthcare community to unusual signs and symptoms in an individual To describe new diseases All the above 5. _____refers to the raw number of health phenomena under investigation and would include health events births such as births, cases of a disease, and deaths 6. The nurse researcher is designing an intervention study; the nurse is creating two participant groups. Which of the following are examples of participant groups for an intervention study on treatment for patients with diagnosed hypertension? Group A is going to take a new medication for hypertension, group B is going to receive a placebo to treat hypertension 7. An example of the etiology of lung cancer is which of the following Smoking history 8. Epidemiology studies involve which of the following fundamental assumptions? The disease being studied does not occur at random 9. These are changes in disease patterns that are often predictable and recur over time, are seen more readily in health care, particularly as they relate to infectious diseases Cyclical trends 10. Cross-sectional studies, also called prevalence studies, measure exposure and disease using prevalence ratios which measure what? Estimate magnitude of association between exposure and disease 11. Unlike case-control studies where individuals are selected based on the presence or absence of disease, in cohort studies individuals are selected based on their exposure True 12. Which of the following is an example of epidemiology? Studying the effect of STD prevention on STD prevalence rates 13. Rate describes the number of existing cases of disease in a population False 14. Secular trends, changes in disease patterns that occur over a long period of time, are often difficult to interpret but can yield important information True 15. The cycle of transmission of disease from host to the agent can be broken with what three steps? Immunizations, isolation, and treatment 16. Which of the following is the statistical test for a cohort study? Relative risk 17. Which of the following is an example of a pandemic? An outbreak of cholera affecting the world 18. The term that describes the number of existing causes of disease in a population is: Prevalence 19. A widespread occurrence of disease in a community or population that is in excess of what is expected. Epidemic 20. The statistical test used for a case control study is the odds ration True QUIZ 4 CANVAS 1. Which of the following is an example of a case-control study? Studying a group of people with breast cancer and a group without breast cancer 2. A nurse is designing a community healthcare budget and wants to ensure there is a sufficient amount of resources for children with birth defects; in order to determine the budget the nurse needs to determine what about children with birth defects in the community of focus? a. Prevalence 3. An endemic disease is best defined as a. Disease that is localized to a particular geographic area 4. In epidemiology the researcher needs to consider the descriptive characteristics of the person. Which of the following is not a descriptive characteristic of the person? a. Political affiliation 5. These are changes in disease patterns that are often predictable and recur over time, are seen more readily in health care, particularly as they relate to infectious diseases. a. Cyclical trends 6. ________ are factors that are capable of bringing a change in health a. Determinants 7. The ability of the test to correctly identify people without the disease by negative results is: a. Specificity 8. Which of the following is an example of a case report in epidemiology? a. Five men in Europe have had similar symptoms of fever, convulsions, and uncontrollable bleeding leading to death. 9. The nurse researcher is aware that count data are not particularly useful when comparing populations of different sizes because: a. larger populations will generally have higher incidence of a health occurrence than smaller populations regardless of other associated factors 10. Pandemic is a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community or population that is in excess of what is expected. Endemic is a pandemic that has spread worldwide. a. False
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