In addition, patients documented a translated 8-item-set of a validated index of the need and expectation for medical information, the autonomy preference index (API) [ 22, 23].
We sought to determine if younger age, female gender, higher education, higher socioeconomic status, and the absence of mobility restrictions are associated with health service utilisation after controlling for health status as an index of the need for healthcare.
Once the vector is quantized, only the index of the codebook needs to be transmitted for each set of TF parameters resulting in a large reduction of the total number of bits.
This fact is well reflected in the cut-off values for pocket depths of the Community Periodontal Treatment Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) and the Periodontal Screening Record (PTR) [ 27, 28].
We elected to assess the Ramfjord teeth which have been reported to provide a suitable alternative for full mouth examination [ 19] instead of the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for epidemiological studies [ 20].
Last, we evaluated whether the anesthesiologist's assessment varied according to his/her own smoking status, the patient's ASA status, the type of surgery (major vs. minor), the age and body mass index of the patient, or the need for tracheal intubation.
The Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) or the periodontal screening index (PSI) [ 1, 25], respectively, showed in both series of examinations comparable mean results (1993, 3.5; 2005, 3.4).
The study also provides evidence to support the application of HRQoL as an index for assessing the needs of strabismus patients and evaluating treatment outcomes in clinical practices.
The status and the requirements of therapy of the periodontium were evaluated based on the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN /Parodontal Screening Index (PSI) using the appropriate standardised periodontal probe.
Normative orthodontic treatment need was scored using the two components of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN), the Dental Health Component (DHC) and the Aesthetic Component (AC).
