Abstract
A cross-sectional study evaluated 182 students in the last two years of medical school and 70 residents of a national hospital in Peru on the risk indicators used for reporting results in clinical trials. A questionnaire was used to assess the ability to recognize and calculate risk indicators most widely used in the epidemiological literature. From the participants, 19.4% did not recognize any of the indicators and 81.4% was not able to calculate them. The relative risk reduction was the most recognized indicator (55.2%), followed by the number needed to treat (51.6%), the absolute risk reduction (26.6%), and the hazard ratio (9.5%). In conclusion, medical students in the last two years of school and medical residents do not recognize or are able to calculate properly the risk indicators used in clinical trials.
| Translated title of the contribution | Conocimientos de los alumnos de últimos años de medicina y residentes sobre indicadores de riesgo epidemiológico utilizados en ensayos clínicos |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 218-222 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Data interpretation, statistical
- Education, medical
- Relative risk
- Students, medical
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