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We compared odds ratios of alcohol intervention and tobacco intervention that were associated with nurse screening as part of vital signs.
Another respondent wrote that the guidelines had "Enabled speech pathologists to develop a nurse screening training program for swallowing screening which has allowed speech pathologists to spend more time on assessment and management of patients' communication".
Nurse screening also significantly improved the odds of tobacco intervention both before (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.1-5.9) afterfter adjusting for demographic variables (OR 2.6, 95% CI: 1.3 - 5.2).
Logistic regression was used to evaluate the impact of nurse screening on clinician intervention, the impact of alcohol intervention on concurrent tobacco intervention, and the impact of tobacco intervention on concurrent alcohol intervention.
To assess the odds of alcohol and tobacco interventions that were associated with nurse screening (independent variable), we fitted both univariate and multivariate logistic regression models using alcohol intervention and tobacco intervention as dependent variables.
General practices were invited by letter and e-mail to take part in the study and promotion by local Primary Care Trust PCTT) nurse screening teams and the cancer leads, an article in the Primary Care Research Network newsletter and a GP education session on colorectal cancer.
The slightly longer five-item version (EPDS5R) that has significantly improved reliability over the EPDS10 may have particular usability for nurse screening given that it is still short, performs well as a stand-alone assessment of depression, and has improved specificity over the three-item version.
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The nurse screened 314 kids for vision problems that resulted in 12 prescriptions for glasses.
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