This is not to suggest that standardized testing is free of side effects or that these side effects should be ignored.
Primary and secondary level sites with ART provision were extremely limited with respect to on-site ability to provide laboratory testing for monitoring of side effects and treatment failure, in particular at the primary health care level.
The incidence density rates of infectious episodes have been compared through the Student t test, whereas frequencies of side effects in the two groups have been compared through the Chi square test.
*Based on χ comparisons between quetiapine and placebo groups, or Fisher's exact test when number of side effects in group is <5.
We compared side effects at baseline and at follow-up by using χ tests or Fisher's exact test if the number of side effects in a group was less than five.
The drug must still be evaluated on many more patients to test for the possibility of side effects that have not yet emerged, and it is at least three to four years from completing regulatory review.
The extent to which a genomic test will be used in practice is affected by factors such as ability of the test to correctly predict response to treatment (i.e. sensitivity and specificity of the test), invasiveness of the testing procedure, test cost, and the probability and severity of side effects associated with treatment.
39 Adverse events were assessed by history; physical examination, including vital signs during treatment; patient records of side effects; laboratory tests (chemistry, haematology, urinalysis); and ECG.
Our prior expectation was based on the assumption that individuals' preferences (and willingness to pay) decrease by decreasing sensitivity and specificity of the test, and by increasing severity and likelihood of side effects, turnaround time, cost, or invasiveness of the testing procedure.
The diagnostic tests themselves can carry a risk of side effects.
