EBP - Review 2022

Which of the following is NOT a pillar of EBP PT practice?

• Clinical research

• Basic research

• Patient values

• Provider experience

Evidence-based practice is needed in healthcare because?

• It is always the best treatment for every patient

• It can decrease the overutilization of treatments that are not supported by the research

• It is taught by experts

• It will result in every patient receiving the same treatment

Which of the following tests is an example of a measurement on a ratio scale?

• Satisfaction classified as yes or no

• The six-minute walk test in meters

• A four-point scale for transfer ability (e.g. transfer from bed to wheelchair)

• A pain scale of none, minimal, moderate, severe

Manual muscle testing (MMT) reported on a 0 (zero) to 5 (normal) scale is an example of which scale of measurement?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Goniometry results are what type of variable?

• Dichotomous

• Binary

• Continuous

• Irrelevant

Random assignment is used in clinical trials in order to?

• Ensure everyone in the accessible population has an equal chance of being selected to enter the study

• Create groups that are similar at the start of the treatment period

• Maximize external validity of the study

• Ensure that the participants are blind to the independent variable

Birthweights are measured for a sample of 20 infants. The 95% confidence interval for this distribution is 6.2 to 7.4 pounds. Based on this confidence interval which of the following statements is correct?

• 95% of all infants will weigh between 6.2 and 7.4 pounds

• We are 95% confident that a randomly selected infant will weigh between 6.2 and 7.4 pounds

• 95% of the time the mean birth weight of a sample will be 6.8 pounds

• We are 95% confident that the population mean for birth weight is between 6.2 and 7.4 pounds