Posted: October 3rd, 2016

What serves as the basis for regulations affecting research by the U.S. government?

27. Data on 1075 male respondents to the 2003 Health Information National Trends
Study were collected from October 2002 to April 2003 and analyzed in 2008 to examine the associations among race/ethnicity, and the perception of the risk of developing prostate cancer for African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white men aged ≥45 years without a history of prostate cancer.

– What study design is been used for this study? Why? [ONE POINT]
28. Patients were randomly assigned to the PRO-SELF intervention (n = 93) or standard care (n = 81). Patients in the standard care arm were seen by a research nurse three times and were called three times by phone between the home visits. PRO-SELF group patients were seen by specially trained intervention nurses and received a psychoeducational intervention, were taught how to use a pillbox, and were given written instructions on how to communicate with their physician about unrelieved pain and the need for changes in their analgesic prescriptions. Patients were coached during two follow-up home visits and three phone calls on how to improve their cancer pain management.

– What study design is been used for this study? Why? [ONE POINT]

29. What is justice? [ONE POINT]
A) Right to fair treatment
B) Protection from physical and psychological harm and exploitation
C) Participants right to self-determination
D) Freedom to control their own actions

30. Which can cause bias in a study? [ONE POINT]
a. Participants’ truthful responses
b. Researcher subjectivity
c. Consistent methods of data collection
d. Adequate study design
31. What serves as the basis for regulations affecting research by the U.S. government? [ONE POINT]

a. The Nuremberg Code
b. The Declaration of Helsinki
c. The Belmont Report
d. The Code of Ethics of the American Psychological Association
32. Explain the relationship between sensitivity and false negative results?
Give example (TWO POINTS)