Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive50218268abnegative20772792cdtotal709901060

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the negative predictive value NPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 50b = 218c = 20d = 772
NPV = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive36108144abnegative24462486cdtotal60570630

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the accuracy Acc as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 36b = 108c = 24d = 462
Acc = %
3.Medium
eventno eventtotaltreatment36714750abcontrol11129140cd

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). In a randomised trial, 750 patients received a new treatment and 140 received the control treatment. The table shows how many in each group had the outcome (an unwanted event such as a stroke). Find the absolute risk reduction ARR as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

treatment: 36/750control: 11/140
ARR = %
4.Medium
peopleyears1140422302new cases25

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). In a cohort, groups of people were followed for different lengths of time (see the table: number of people and years of follow-up for each). During follow-up, 25 new cases occurred. Find the incidence rate IR per 1000 person-years. Round to one decimal place.

140 × 4 years230 × 2 years25 new cases
IR = per 1000 person-years
5.Hard
control4%treatment?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Without a drug, 4% of patients have a certain side effect during a year. The drug raises this risk with a relative risk of RR = 2.02. Find the number needed to harm NNH: how many patients must take the drug for a year for one extra patient to have the side effect? Round up to a whole number of patients.

control 4%RR = 2.02
NNH =
6.Hard
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive?negativetotal10 000

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). 10 000 people are screened with a test of sensitivity 71% and specificity 88%. The prevalence of the disease is 19%. How many false-positive results FP are expected?

N = 10 000p = 19%Se = 71%Sp = 88%
FP =

Answer key

  1. 1. NPV = 97.5 %
  2. 2. Acc = 79 %
  3. 3. ARR = 3.1 %
  4. 4. IR = 24.5 per 1000 person-years
  5. 5. NNH = 25
  6. 6. FP = 972

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