Disease Patterns
This term describes the number of new cases of a disease occurring in a population over a specific period of time.
What is incidence?
This is the scientific study of patterns, causes, and effects of diseases in populations.
What is epidemiology?
This term refers to how accurate a study’s results are in measuring what it intends to measure.
What is validity?
This term refers to ongoing care and strategies used to control a disease rather than cure it.
What is management?
This process involves making a judgement about the effectiveness or quality of a study.
What is evaluation?
This term refers to the total number of existing cases of a disease in a population at a given time.
What is prevalence?
This type of study follows a group of people over time to observe disease development.
What is a cohort study?
This term refers to the consistency or repeatability of results in a study.
What is reliability?
This term describes medical or lifestyle interventions used to cure or reduce symptoms of a disease.
What is treatment?
This term describes the ability of a study to measure cause and effect relationships accurately.
What is internal validity?
This concept explains variations in disease occurrence across different populations or geographic regions
What are disease patterns?
This study compares individuals with a disease to those without it to identify risk factors.
What is a case-control study?
This type of error occurs when participants do not accurately remember past behaviours.
What is recall bias?
This type of intervention focuses on improving health through changes in behaviour such as diet or exercise.
What is a lifestyle intervention?
This term describes the strength of evidence linking a risk factor to a disease.
What is an association?
This term describes diseases caused by deficiencies or excesses in nutrient intake.
What are nutritional diseases?
This term describes a variable that influences both the dependent and independent variables, potentially distorting results.
What is a confounding variable?
This type of bias occurs when the sample is not representative of the population.
What is selection bias?
This term refers to new and emerging areas of investigation aimed at improving disease outcomes.
What are future research directions?
This term refers to systematic errors that distort study findings.
What is bias?
This term refers to exposure to physical, chemical, or biological factors in the environment that may cause disease.
What is environmental exposure?
This type of study provides a snapshot of a population at a single point in time.
What is a cross-sectional study?
This term describes the extent to which results can be applied to a wider population.
What is generalisability?
This concept involves testing new therapies or drugs on human participants under controlled conditions.
What is a clinical trial?
This term describes the relationship between two variables where one increases as the other changes.
What is correlation?