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Social & Preventive Medicine Screening for Disease 98f1c11d

More false positive cases in a screening test is due to -

A
Low prevalence
B
High specificity
C
High PPV
D
Low sensitivity
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Low prevalenceo If a population has more false positive cases : -i) Screening test is more sensitiveii) Positive predictive value of the test is low.iii) Prevalence of disease is low.o If a population has more false negative casesi) Screening test is more specificii) Negative predictive value of the test is low

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