Zusammenfassung der Ressource
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Sensitivity- Ability of test to correctly identify those with disease x
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What is the equation for sensitivity?
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(a/a+c) x 100
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(a/a+b) x 100
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Ability of new test to correctly identify those without disease
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Test that best predicts disease prevalence
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Probability that person with +ve result has disease
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The gold standard is the test that best predicts disease prevalence
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Negative predictive value (probability that person with -ve result has the disease) =?
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When identifying people with a very high risk disease, what tests do you use, and in what order?
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First one that's highly sensitive (so we don't miss anyone who does have it) and then one that's highly specific to remove those that don't
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First one that's highly specific (to not worry people who don't have it unecessarily) then one that's highly sensitive
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Prevalence = Those with disease/Total population