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.
Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Answer key
- 1. NPV = 97.5 %
- 2. Acc = 79 %
- 3. ARR = 3.1 %
- 4. IR = 24.5 per 1000 person-years
- 5. NNH = 25
- 6. FP = 972
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