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Screening for Diseases questions for NEET PG
33 Screening for Diseases questions from the Social & Preventive Medicine section of the Recallab bank, each with a verified answer, every option explained and a reference to a current edition. 1 are published in full below.
- A new test for diabetes mellitus is performed in a group containing diabetics and non-diabetics. If 120 mg/dl of blood sugar is taken as the cut-off, the shaded area in the graph below represents:
- A screening test for diabetes is applied to 1,000 adults. The test is positive in 90 people. A gold-standard oral glucose tolerance test is then done on everyone and identifies 100 people with…
- A health authority is considering screening for a disease. Which single feature would make screening for it inappropriate, however good the test?
- A screening programme brings forward the date of breast cancer diagnosis by an average of two years. Five-year survival measured from diagnosis rises sharply, yet every woman dies at exactly the same…
- A health authority proposes screening for a condition. Which combination of features would make screening WORTHWHILE rather than merely feasible?