Question 1

Attributable risk is determined by subtracting the _____ rate of a disease in people who have been exposed to a risk factor from the _____ rate of the disease in people who have not been exposed to the risk factor.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Attributable risk is determined by subtracting the...

Question 2

The actual amount that a disease can be attributed to exposure to a particular risk factor is called the:

Accepted Answer

The actual amount that a disease can be attributed to exposure to a particular risk factor is called the attributable risk. Prevalence ratio and incidence-prevalence ratio are measures of disease frequency, while relative risk is a measure of association between an exposure and disease.

Question 3

Epidemiologists have found that sedentary people are twice as likely to develop a particular health condition as people who exercise regularly.This means that:

Accepted Answer

The statement "sedentary people are twice as likely to develop a particular health condition as people who exercise regularly" indicates a relative risk of 2.0 for the health condition. Therefore, choice A is correct. Choice B is not correct since a relative risk of 0.50 would mean that sedentary people are less likely to develop the health condition than those who exercise regularly, which contradicts the given information. Choice C cannot be inferred solely based on the given information, as the relationship between lack of exercise and the health condition may be correlative rather than causal. Therefore, choice D is not correct either.

Question 4

The ratio of the incidence or prevalence of a health condition in a group exposed to a particular risk factor to the incidence or prevalence of that condition in a group not exposed to the risk factor is called:

Accepted Answer

The ratio of the incidence or prevalence of a health condition in a group exposed to a particular risk factor to the incidence or prevalence of that condition in a group not exposed to the risk factor is called relative risk.

Question 5

Medical residency programs today train new physicians in how to critically appraise research using the principles of:

Accepted Answer

Medical residency programs today train new physicians in how to critically appraise research using the principles of evidence-based health care, where decisions about patient care are based on the best available evidence from clinical research. This approach is based on rigorous scientific methods and aims to improve patient outcomes by using the best available evidence to guide clinical decision making. Allopathic and homeopathic medicine are not related to critically appraising research, while holistic medicine focuses on treating the whole person rather than just their physical symptoms.

Quiz 2: B: Research in Health Psychology

Attributable risk is determined by subtracting the _ rate of a disease in people who have been exposed to a risk factor from the _ rate of the disease in people who have not been exposed to the risk factor.

The actual amount that a disease can be attributed to exposure to a particular risk factor is called the:

Epidemiologists have found that sedentary people are twice as likely to develop a particular health condition as people who exercise regularly.This means that:

The ratio of the incidence or prevalence of a health condition in a group exposed to a particular risk factor to the incidence or prevalence of that condition in a group not exposed to the risk factor is called:

Medical residency programs today train new physicians in how to critically appraise research using the principles of: