* Geriatric Depression Scale † Dizziness Handicap Inventory ‡ Dizziness Needs Assessment In parallel to the description of the patients' perspective, we also identified the GPs' view by describing their preliminary and work-up diagnoses after referral (table 5).
Using the same activity assessment in parallel studies among slightly older women we have shown that greater activity predicts reduced risk of diabetes (Hu et al, 1999), heart disease (Manson et al, 1999), stroke (Hu et al, 2000), colon cancer (Martinez et al, 1999), osteoporotic fractures (Feskanich et al, 2002), and reduced weight gain after smoking cessation (Kawachi et al, 1996).
Thus, team assessment occurred in parallel to ED medical staff assessment so that team input into disposition decisions for the patient could be incorporated into the final medical decision, always made by the treating ED physician, as to whether patient admission to hospital from ED was required.
HURT showed clinical utility in this first assessment, conducted in parallel with studies elsewhere in other languages, but this needs further study.
By retaining assessment of this nature, students have a direct connection to standard academic assessment processes, running in parallel to the participatory and formative activities via Thinkspace reflective blogging, discussion forums and Twitter engagement.
In addition, both TAC assessments were performed in parallel using the same laboratory equipment (spectrophotometer) and within the same time frame.
A technical assessment of health care facilities conducted in parallel with this assessment [ 25] corroborated these findings, noting that most rural staff were in need of training on first aid, breastfeeding, diarrheal disease prevention and management, acute respiratory infections, STIs, reproductive health, IMCI and ADM, tuberculosis control, patient counseling, and health care management.
Hence, both the PIAAC and the NEPS assessment instruments were administered in parallel using a randomized design with eight test conditions for the anchor persons.
It is possible that there has been a bias toward higher socioeconomic status individuals who attended a complications assessment in recent years, in parallel with improved knowledge.
Our approach provides a potential for viral load assessment for 21 types in parallel (not only HPV-16 and HPV-18).
As AKI develops together with failure of other organs [ 7, 11, 14] and outcome depends on the number and degree of failing organs [ 6, 7, 24], assessment of organ failures was made in parallel with the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) [ 25], which is well documented and validated [ 26- 28].
