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The phrase "administered to wait" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to imply a directive or instruction related to waiting, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The patients were administered to wait in the lobby until their names were called."
Alternatives: "instructed to wait" or "asked to wait".
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4. Impact of Extended Wait Times: The Waiting List Impact Questionnaire (WLIQ),[ 53] is a previously validated 47-item list of open-ended patient statements designed to assess the impact of extended wait-times in Canada for coronary bypass surgery and will be administered to wait-listed patients.
In reality, however, the postal version is often administered to patients waiting in the surgery to see a clinician.
We feel that the 20 brief question items in the SRQ-20 can easily be administered to patients as they wait their turn to see the doctor, thus enhancing case finding and treatment of depression in ART programs in Uganda.
An IRB approved, 42-item survey was administered to 400 adult patients waiting in the ED waiting room for >15 min from April to August 2010.
Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 305 Ghanaian women waiting for clinic appointments at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra Ghana.
The Japanese version of PHQ-9 [ 8] was administered to patients during their waiting time as a routine clinical task.
A questionnaire was administered to 305 Ghanaian women waiting for clinic appointments at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra Ghana.
A cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to 175 individuals in waiting rooms of two hospitals diagnostic centres in Toronto, Canada.
Members of the general public were recruited through web posts on local sites, such as Craigslist ; a paper-based survey was also administered to adults recruited from the waiting room of a low-income pediatric clinic.
The survey was administered to patients in a waiting room setting.
A multi-site cross-sectional self-complete questionnaire designed and piloted for use in waiting rooms was administered to patients from randomly selected outpatients' clinics at a university teaching hospital (431 beds) and general practice surgeries from the four primary care trusts within the catchment area of the hospital.
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