The results were incorporated into a hierarchical multi-criteria screening tool.
Based on these criteria, screening on risk factors and subclinical anxiety is indeed warranted.
Two authors independently applied the inclusion criteria (screening) to all identified studies and made decisions on which studies to include.
The STOPP criteria (Screening Tool for Older Persons' Prescriptions) are a physiological system based screening tool and comprises 65 clinically significant criteria [ 10].
Consented patients began an initial medical screening to assess preliminary eligibility including demographic data, medical history, physical exam, and inclusion/exclusion criteria screening.
Given the assessment criteria, screening on high risk groups for the development of anxiety disorders is thus both appropriate and possible.
Although our search retrieved many references that were irrelevant to our study question, because we applied prespecified exclusion criteria, screening the references was efficient.
Morningstar and Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Company, a money management firm that uses social criteria, screened the portfolios of 10 prominent large-capitalization domestic stock funds, flagging the stocks of companies involved in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, nuclear power and military contracting; the screen also looked at environmental and diversity issues.
"I'm obviously not unbiased on the issue," Mr. Watkins said, "but I just thought that all funds have to pick out of a universe of 2,500 candidates, and if religious criteria screen a few hundred off the top, you can still construct a good portfolio out of a 2,200-stock 2,200-stock
The engine then compares the two based on a pretty substantial list of criteria (screen size, battery size, support for various technology, number of available apps etc)., presented in a fairly easy to understand way.
