Designing, performing, or reading studies (observational, interventional etc.) to find out
if clinical techniques and materials are proven to be successful and potentially
applicable in your practice. - ANSWER Evidence Based Dentistry
1. Accuracy of screening for diagnosis
2. Disease frequency
3. Etiology
4. Treatment efficacy - ANSWER The Big 4
detection targeted at large asymptomatic population - ANSWER Screening
classification provided to symptomatic patients seeking care - ANSWER Diagnosis
distinguishes between health and disease. Reliability is a prerequisite. - ANSWER
Validity
ideal method (not usually feasible in clinic). Used to test validity.
True Positive
True Negative
False Positive - "false alarm"
False Negative - "false hope" - ANSWER Gold Standard
accuracy of test in detecting disease
Se = TP / (TP + FN) - ANSWER Sensitivity
low false negative, low false hope. You want sensitivity to be high. - ANSWER High
Sensitivity
accuracy of test in detecting health
Sp = TN / (TN + FP) - ANSWER Specificity
Low false positives - ANSWER High Specificity
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