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Record 1 2023-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Efficacy refers to whether a drug demonstrates a health benefit over a placebo or other intervention when tested in an ideal situation, such as a tightly controlled clinical trial. Effectiveness describes how the drug works in a real-world situation.

OBS

In French, the word "efficacité" can be used to include both efficacy and effectiveness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Degré d'atteinte de l'objectif d'une action.

OBS

Selon les conditions d'étude, on distingue l'efficacité potentielle («efficacy») et l'efficacité réelle («effectiveness»).

OBS

En anglais, il n'existe pas de désignation qui englobe à la fois l'efficacité potentielle et l'efficacité réelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigación científica
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
DEF

Capacidad para producir los resultados esperados [...]

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Record 2 2014-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

The benefit of using a technology, programme or intervention to treat a particular problem under ideal conditions for example, in the context of research in a laboratory or a rigourous protocol for a randomized clinical trial.

OBS

efficacy: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Bénéfice que procure l'usage d'une technologie, d'un programme ou d'une intervention pour traiter un problème particulier dans des conditions idéales, notamment dans le cadre d'une recherche en laboratoire ou d'un protocole d'essai clinique randomisé rigoureux.

OBS

efficacité théorique; efficacité expérimentale; efficacité potentielle : termes et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Efficiency might then be defined as the genetic progress made, evading the difficult question of how this is measured, per unit of expenditure or per million plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

On peut définir l'efficacité en fonction du progrès génétique réalisé et ainsi ne pas toucher à la difficile question portant sur la façon de mesurer ce progrès, par unité d'investissement ou par million de plantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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