Sentence examples for proxy evaluation from inspiring English sources

Researchers should be aware that selection of one measure over the other as a proxy evaluation of quality may significantly change the strength of, for example, a grant proposal.

The use of baseline outcome variables must be regarded as a proxy evaluation of selection bias in associations between baseline exposures and outcomes at follow-up.

These studies do not directly compare different case definitions, but may be used for proxy evaluation, similar to the strategy applied by Johnston et al. 24 27 Two authors reviewed all potentially relevant validations studies, and categorised them according to model A, B or C. Any disagreement between review authors at this stage was resolved by reaching consensus in the author group.

In addition, parents will be asked to provide a proxy evaluation of their child's overall oral health-related quality of life by responding to two single item ratings worded: "Would you say that the health of your teeth, lips, jaws and mouth is…?" with a 5-point response format ranging from 'Excellent' to 'Poor'.

The aim was to investigate quality of life by self and proxy evaluation among 12 20 year old adolescents living in RYC and to compare their quality of life with the general population and adolescents receiving care from mental health services.

Proxy respondents (non-professional caregivers, GPs) are often used in research, though even when the primary caregiver is identifiable research has demonstrated that the accuracy of proxies' evaluation can be negatively influenced by the perceived burden of caregiving [ 17], and that discrepancies between patients and proxies increase with their involvement in day-to day care [ 18, 19].

The use of HRQL/Health Status measures as a proxy for evaluation of patient need may be more easily justified.

Functional enrichment analysis of miRNA's target transcripts hence can be used as a proxy for evaluation of the functional coherence of CMMs.

We measured healthcare utilization as a proxy for economic evaluation.

33 Despite chronological age not being the best measure of pubertal development, it was used as a proxy since Tanner evaluation was not performed.

Previous reports have recognized relationships between radiographic manifestations and BASMI (especially lumbar flexion and lumbar lateral flexion), but yet, spinal mobility measures cannot stand proxy for radiographic evaluation in an individual patient [ 50].