As information about DAs in Italy is not collected, nor immediately accessible, the data used to build Figure 1 came from the official regional sources of information and from examination of the main bibliography on the subject.
Wear times were determined using travel diary information and visual examination of the accelerometer count data.
All rules of confidentiality were complied with, including collection of information and physical examination.
The diagnosis and classification of stroke were based on clinical information, and ancillary examinations (such as brain imaging including CT, MRI, cerebral angiography and echocardiography).
On the first day of the study, after giving information and performing examinations, the children were given the toothbrushes (by coding), toothpaste, and solution boxes (distilled water or chlorhexidine).
The elderly care physician and psychologist of each unit perform a diagnostic procedure including the use of chart information, caregiver interview, and examination of the resident (interview, physical examination).
The first achieved a small reduction in antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections by delivering practice guidelines and performance feedback to physicians, combined with mailing educational materials to patient households and placing information in waiting and examination rooms [ 26].
In the past, several studies have shown that the availability of clinical information and a pertinent examination question can indeed improve the diagnostic accuracy of the imaging process [3, 4].
Work by Grand et al. supports this theory, their study involved delivering brief intervention in the form of short, verbal information and a neurological examination to patients with chronic headache.
