Calculate the clinical sensitivity for the following data: in a group of 80 patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease,72 had positive test results.The clinical sensitivity of this test is:

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Clinical sensitivity is calculated as the number of true positives divided by the number of true positives plus the number of false negatives. In this case, it's 72 (true positives) divided by 80 (total patients with the disease), which equals 0.9 or 90%.

Calculate the Clinical Sensitivity for the Following Data: in a Group