Sentence examples for indicators of screening from inspiring English sources

Indicators of screening programme extension and quality need to be published regularly.

European guidelines for quality assurance in cervical cancer screening ranked indicators of screening effectiveness using a six tier scale.

Specifically, we aimed to assess indicators of screening properties of GP assessment of depression compared to a standardised depression screening tool (The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)).

Because of the wide variability observed in the performance indicators of screening programs, both within and between countries, cross-sectional observations cannot reflect the real impact of one intervention.

Normally, essential quality parameters can be produced for an organised screening programme (Swedish Organised Service Screening Evaluation Group, 2007; NHS Breast Screening Programme, 2008; Perry et al, 2008), and cancer registries can also provide early indicators of screening efficacy, without waiting for the mortality data (Schaffer et al, 1996).

Similarly, the LDL-cholesterol indicator was replaced by an indicator based on total cholesterol, while the indicator of screening for microalbuminuria was discarded.

The detection of small cancers, defined as those ⩽15 mm in diameter on histology, is an important indicator of screening quality.

It is also important to note that, if we compare incidence rates as an indicator of screening intensity, PSA screening diffusion in Umbria seems lower than in many other Italian geographic areas covered by cancer registration; indeed highly variable incidence rates among neighbouring Italian areas probably reflect different screening activities [ 23].

The measures of argumentation equality (CI) or difference (p-valor) are important to validate these indicators but do not indicate quality of screening.

8 21 22 We have recently reported differential associations between indicators of screen time and multiple indices of adiposity in a population sample of 17 509 Portuguese children where TV time, but not computer or video gaming time, was consistently associated with the outcomes.

Although these screening methods have been considered unreliable, time consuming and rudimentary [ 48], most participants supported the use of screening indicators linked to aetiological and diagnostic factors, and emphasised the need to identify efficient and effective screening criteria.