Question

When the exposure leads people to seek medical attention, which makes them more likely than people without the exposure to be diagnosed with the outcome of interest, this is called:

Berksonian bias

Protopathic bias

Detection bias

Self-selection bias

Answer 1

Correct answer is option B

it is not Berksonian bias because it is form of selection basis, but here the bias is after selection. So, it is not correct answer

Protophatic bias is correct answer because in this bias, people with exposure shows more outcome of the disease as compared to people without exposure.

Detection bias is not correct answer because detection is a kind of systematic bias which happens due to any error in the measurement or recording. So, it is not correct answer

Self selection bias is not the correct answer because this bias is based on the process where subject select themselves based on their interest for the study. So, it is not correct answer