What statement is true concerning sensitive vs. specific case definitions?

A. A specific case definition should be used at the beginning of an outbreak to identify all cases.

B. A sensitive case definition will include more cases than a specific case definition.

C. A sensitive case definition will not include limitations on person, place, and time but a specific case definition does.

D. Both sensitive and specific case definitions should include the exposure or risk factor you are interested in evaluating.

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Tyler Fields

8 October, 19:06

What statement is true concerning sensitive vs. specific case definitions?

A. A specific case definition should be used at the beginning of an outbreak to identify all cases.

B. A sensitive case definition will include more cases than a specific case definition.

C. A sensitive case definition will not include limitations on person, place, and time but a specific case definition does.

D. Both sensitive and specific case definitions should include the exposure or risk factor you are interested in evaluating.

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Luna Terry · Answer 1

A sensitive case definition will include more cases than a specific case definition.

Explanation:

Case definition is a term use in epidemiology to define the method use to classify if someone has a disease or medical condition. It could be sensitive case or specific case

Sensitive case is use to detect many cases and can also count as cases of people who do not have diseases.

Specific case is use to detect cases of person with a particular illness.