Sentence examples for primary invitation from inspiring English sources

Characteristics of the women not included in the pregnancy cohort were analysed from letters sent to 1000 women, who had not responded to the primary invitation, inviting them to answer a number of general health questions.

The estimate was calculated assuming 70%% attendance rate by primary invitation, use of Pap-smear as a primary screening test and current national detection rates of CIN lesions among screening participants as baselines [ 1].

In Finland, offering self-sampling to non-attendees after primary invitation (i.e. as a first reminder) increased total attendance by 17%% and the yield of detected moderate or more severe cervical intraepithelial lesions (CIN2+) by 13%% [ 12].

The second study assessed the effect of using self-sampling as a second reminder (i.e. among non-attendees after a primary invitation and a reminder letter) in a non-randomized setting in 31 Finnish municipalities in 2011 2012 [ 14].

The first study was conducted in a setting where original attendance with primary invitation was lower (63%%) and the second one in a setting with higher (73 %) level of attendance than the national average of 70%%.

When self-sampling was offered as a second reminder after two invitation letters (primary invitation and a reminder letter), it increased total attendance by 4%%, CIN2+ yield by 8%%, and yield of severe cervical lesions or cancer (CIN3+) by 9 % [ 14].

Based on these records, about 5 million primary invitations were sent to the eligible individuals who were living within a reasonable travelling distance from the assessment centres (see Additional file 1: Figure S1).

Here we estimated differences in the program costs of using self-sampling vs. using a reminder letter as a first reminder for non-attendees after primary invitations, and further, what could be the cost of using self-sampling as a second reminder after two invitation letters.

The cost of a primary screening invitation includes the costs of identifying the screening population from the Population Register Centre and cost of the letter itself.

Uptake of faecal occult blood test (FOBT) within 6 months of mailed invitation (primary) and uptake of FOBT or colonoscopy within 6 months of mailed invitation (secondary).

Although expansion will be a primary topic, no invitations are expected to be issued.