Sensitivity, as an index of case identification, and specificity, as an index of non-case recognition, were estimated for several cut-off points, in order to ascertain the best trade-off between sensitivity and specificity.
20 The need for assistance may be calculated by an index of case mix and load assistance, expressed in minutes of assistance/day and multidisciplinary team in LTC.
Similar conclusions can be drawn for the SCF and SCE indices of Cases A and C and for the indices of Cases B and D. These results indicate that, compared with L28, L7 is a weak part from the perspective of TC.
Open image in new window Fig. 4 Comparison of system TC indices of Cases A, B, C and D. This paper presents TCT principles FCSP and PSP, and builds TCT models using a similar idea employed in reliability tracing.
Among those with a recorded body mass index (93% of cases, 86% of controls), 35 (61%) cases and 57 (31%) controls had a body mass index of 25 or above.
Body mass index (BMI) of cases (26.36±4.71) was significantly (P=0.02) higher than patients (24.6±3).
The perceptions of stigma, and benefits of screening, were similar in index patients of cases and contacts.
Also at any time the user can view their personalised index of recorded cases.
When using the Y&P-index, 88% of cases were correctly classified [ 2].
Out of the 15 included studies, 10 reported, to a varying level of detail, the nationality of index cases of mixed clusters.
