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Evidence based nursing - STATISTICA SANITARIA E EPIDEMIOLOGIA CLINICA (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S000084
Teacher
Credits
2
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/01 - MEDICAL STATISTICS
Period
INF LE 3° ANNO 1° SEM dal Feb 8, 2021 al Apr 16, 2021.
Location
LEGNAGO
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed at enabling the student to:
- estimate accuracy and precision of measurements performed in the biomedical field;
- properly synthetize and summarize the information collected on a series of patients;
- compute the probability of a single event or several events
- understand how to generalize findings from samples to the original population
- critically appraise scientific literature dealing with Nursing, and understand and correctly implement guidelines
Program
INTRODUCTION
The role of Statistics in Health Professions.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Different measurement scales – Statistical variables and their presentation through frequency distributions: one-entry or double-entry tables – Measures of central tendency: mean (arithmetic, geometric, weighted), median, mode, percentiles – Measures of dispersion: range, interquartile range, sum of squares, variance (mean square), standard deviation, variation coefficient.
PROBABILITY
Classic, frequentist, subjective interpretations of probability – Sum and product rules of probability – Independent and dependent events and conditional probability – Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of a diagnostic test – ROC curves – Bayes theorem and its application to differential diagnosis – Random variables – Theoretical probability distributions: normal distribution.
SAMPLING
Populations and samples - Common sampling designs – Sampling distribution of an estimator (sample mean).
STATISTICAL INFERENCE
Point and interval estimates: confidence interval – Logical structure of hypothesis testing: null and alternative hypotheses; acceptance and rejection regions; type I and type II error; power of a statistical test – Choice of statistical test.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Measures of disease frequency: prevalence, incidence – Measures of association: risk difference, relative risk, etiologic fraction, odds ratio – Study design: cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Jekel JF, Katz DL, Elmore JG, Wild DMG | Epidemiologia, Biostatistica e Medicina Preventiva | Elsevier-Masson | 2009 | ||
| Verlato G, Zanolin ME | Esercizi di Statistica Medica, Informatica ed Epidemiologia | Libreria Cortina Editrice, Verona | 2000 | ||
| Lantieri PB, Risso D, Ravera G | Statistica medica per le professioni sanitarie (Edizione 2) | McGraw-Hill, Milano | 2004 | ||
| Fowler J, Jarvis P, Chevannes M | Statistica per le Professioni Sanitarie | EdiSES srl, Napoli | 2006 |
Examination Methods
The written examination will consist of about 30 multiple choice questions with 5-8 possible answers, and one exercise of Statistical Inference on a simple data set. Some statistical questions will deal with an article dealing with Nursing, chosen by the teacher of Nursing. Wrong answers to the written examination will be orally discussed with the student.
If a new lockdown phase will be enacted, the exam modality will be modified accordingly, i.e. exams will be performed in rooms large enough to guarantee social separation, or exams will be administered using the web-platform Zoom.
