Exam 3: Evidence-Based Practice in the Diagnostic Process

The minimal clinically important change is more meaningful than the minimum detectable change.

Which of the following is considered the highest level of evidence?

What term describes the likelihood that a specific condition is present before the diagnostic test results are known?

The best diagnostic accuracy is achieved with a high rate of which of the following?

Clinician-based outcome measures are used to assess concerns important to the patient that often relate to symptoms,functional ability,or health-related quality of life.

Which of the following describes a research study with two groups-one that receives the treatment and one that does not-that are studied over time to determine the impact of the treatment?

What is meant by a positive likelihood ratio?

Which of the following tests would determine with the highest sensitivity that a fracture is present?

Which term describes a test's ability to detect those patients who do not have the disorder being tested for?

What is a general term to describe how often results correctly identify whether a pathology is present?

To be clinically useful,a procedure must demonstrate good reliability.

Which of the following choices represents the highest reliability?

Likelihood ratios incorporate a test's sensitivity and specificity,and they are influenced by the prevalence of a condition.

In research,what term describes the extent to which the same examiner obtains the same results on the same patient?

What reliability coefficient should be used when comparing clinicians?

Which of the following terms describes quick summaries of how positive and negative findings on a particular test determine a test's diagnostic usefulness?

Which of the following is a research technique that combines the results of several studies that have similar research hypotheses?

What is the best method for improving intrarater reliability?