screening instrument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofscreeningandinstrument
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screening
noun
uk/ˈskriː.nɪŋ/us/ˈskriː.nɪŋ/
a showing of ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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A two-itemscreeninginstrumentfor fatigue was developed for the study.
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Two thirds (65.0%; 95% confidence interval, 60.6-69.4) reported screening patients for distress routinely, but only 14.3% used ascreeninginstrument.
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In almost every pregnancy, ultrasound is used not only as ascreeninginstrument, but also as a means of following the fetal evolution.
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To this end, a novelscreeninginstrumentwas developed to attempt to screen for adjustment disorder.
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Chosing a practicalscreeninginstrumentto identify patients at risk for diabetic foot ulceration.
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Whereas the majority of oncologists reported routinely screening patients for distress, only a small percentage followed the guidelines by using ascreeninginstrument.
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Its main use is in clinical studies to monitor changes after medical intervention, as ascreeninginstrument in family practice, and in cross-cultural studies.
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Ascreeninginstrumentfor the identification of foreign language learning problems.
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Evaluation of a self-reportscreeninginstrumentto predict frailty outcomes in aging populations.
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This study set out to validate a very briefscreeninginstrumentfor identifying primary care patients with anxiety and depression.
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Family psychiatricscreeninginstrumentfor epidemiologic studies : pilot testing and validation.
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Psychometric validation of a brief teacherscreeninginstrument.
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She developed a clinicalscreeninginstrumentfor the rapid diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy, which is currently being used worldwide.
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Table 2 shows that very few respondents specified the screening instruments used in their assessments.
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Based on their responses to five screening instruments (see below), subjects were divided into screening positive and negative subgroups.
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The four more minor screening instruments were as follows.
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Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of six potential screening instruments for bipolar disorder in youths aged 5 to 17 years.
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Of 612 pairs of community interviews 250 were collected on randomly sampled adults who screened negative and 362 were on screen positives on one or both screening instruments.
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With the need to identify multiple patient diff iculties with the least amount of resource depletion, there is a need f or using screening instruments for multiple purposes.
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Mary's hospital asked to use the machines as screening instruments.
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