The phrase "abbreviated screening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a shorter or simplified version of a screening process is being referred to, such as in medical or research settings.
Example: "The study utilized an abbreviated screening to quickly assess the participants' eligibility for the trial."
Alternatives: "condensed screening" or "simplified screening".
Given this, clinicians may consider the use of abbreviated screeners for depression and anxiety, such as Kroenke, Spitzer, Williams, and Löwe (2009) brief screening scale for anxiety and depression, the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4).
Because brief screening tools may be preferable for use in primary care settings, we also examined the sensitivity and specificity of the PHQ-2, an abbreviated version of the PHQ-9, in identifying patients with major and minor depression.
For this, the "Combinatory SYBR®GREEN qPCR Screening" (abbreviated as "CoSYPS") was developed for the commonly applied 96-well plate qPCR format, supported by a matrix-based interpretation of the analytical results.
The flavour of both oral and written communication, and our excitement and appreciation for it as a form of human connection, has dissolved into a series of screens, abbreviated words and buttons.
The 6-item Mini Nutrition Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) [ 22] is an abbreviated and validated screen that has been adapted from a more comprehensive 18-item version [ 23].
This was an abbreviated version of the screening tool used in our previous study [ 22].
Furthermore, the high prevalence of problem drinking, coupled with patient acceptability, warrants continued discussion on the use of an abbreviated score as a screening tool in general practices.
For children aged 1 – 3, in place of the full dental screening, an abbreviated lift-the-lip exam was conducted to document early childhood caries and tooth loss.
In geriatric oncology, the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13), 29 the Groningen Frailty Indicator, 30 the G8 instrument, 31 and the abbreviated CGA 32 are screening tools that help identify vulnerable patients who would benefit from a full CGA.
The strength of these associations are very similar to those recently reported between dietary folate intake, as assessed by an abbreviated folate-targeted food/supplement screening tool, and RBC folate concentration, in a sample of women from California (r = 0.32, P = 0.0001) [ 35].
