Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
01 yearN = 10 000cases: 185new cases: 145CI = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A town has 10 000 inhabitants. At the start of a year, 185 of them have a chronic disease. During the year, 145 more people are newly diagnosed (assume nobody moves away or dies). Find the cumulative incidence CI over the year per 1000 people at risk. Round to one decimal place.

N = 10 000existing cases = 185new cases = 145
CI = per 1000
2.Easy
01 yearN = 2000cases: 77new cases: 15P = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A town has 2000 inhabitants. At the start of a year, 77 of them have a chronic disease. During the year, 15 more people are newly diagnosed (assume nobody moves away or dies). Find the point prevalence P at the start of the year per 1000 inhabitants. Round to one decimal place.

N = 2000existing cases = 77new cases = 15
P = per 1000
3.Medium
Se73%Sp68%LR+ = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A test has a sensitivity of 73% and a specificity of 68%. Find the positive likelihood ratio LR+. Round to two decimal places.

Se = 73%Sp = 68%
LR+ =
4.Medium
casescontrolsexposed8567abnot exposed305603cd

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A case-control study compares 390 patients with a disease (cases) and 670 people without it (controls). The table shows how many in each group were exposed to a risk factor. Find the odds ratio OR for the exposure. Round to two decimal places.

a = 85b = 67c = 305d = 603
OR =
5.Hard
CER7%EER?RRR 31%

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A treatment reduces the risk of an event by 31% in relative terms (RRR = 31%). In a patient group the risk without treatment (CER) is 7% over five years. Find the number needed to treat NNT for five years to prevent one event. Round up to a whole number of patients.

RRR = 31%CER = 7%
NNT =
6.Hard
p (%)NPV (%)3%NPV = ?100

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 77% and a specificity of 90%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 3%. Find the negative predictive value NPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

Se = 77%Sp = 90%p = 3%
NPV = %

Answer key

  1. 1. CI = 14.8 per 1000
  2. 2. P = 38.5 per 1000
  3. 3. LR+ = 2.28
  4. 4. OR = 2.51
  5. 5. NNT = 47
  6. 6. NPV = 99.2 %

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