Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6 EBP 0844 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Absolute Measures Carry Baseline Risk
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The idea
Absolute risk reduction reflects how susceptible the patients were to begin with, so it distinguishes large treatment effects from small ones.
In practice
The same intervention producing a small absolute gain in low-risk patients and a large one in high-risk patients.
Where people slip
This is why the absolute measure is the one that answers what this would do for your patient.
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