p value
The probability that a particular result would have happened by chance.
The probability that a particular result would have happened by chance.
A placebo is a fake or inactive intervention, received by the participants allocated to the control group in a clinical trial. It is indistinguishable from the active intervention received by patients in the experimental group. One definition is that use of a placebo describes what happens when you do nothing, so that in the context of a clinical trial, for instance, a placebo group could describe the natural history of a disorder without the intervention under test. It is the effect we see when we do nothing.
The proportion of people with a positive test who have disease.
This employs objectivity and is characterised by single truths; observation; measurable features and utilises quantitative methodologies. Its language is that of numbers.
A procedure implemented after a drug has been licensed for public use, designed to provide information on the actual use of the drug for a given indication, and on the occurrence of side effects and adverse reactions. It’s a method for epidemiologic study of adverse drug reactions.
The probability that a patient has the disorder of interest after the test result is known.
The probability that a patient has the disorder of interest prior to administering a test.
The baseline risk of a disorder in the population of interest.
Prevention refers to measures taken by an individual or a society to prevent disease happening or its consequences. In general, prevention includes a wide range of interventions, aimed at reducing risks to health. These are grouped into three categories:
The prospect of survival and recovery from a disease as anticipated from the usual course of that disease, or indicated by special features of the case.
This was in the CEBM glossary without anything against it
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