scholarly journals Trio of mammography studies demonstrate enhanced screening effectiveness

Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (18) ◽  
pp. 3279-3280
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Nierengarten
Keyword(s):  
Screening Effectiveness

scholarly journals Amblyopia screening effectiveness at 3–4 years old: a cohort study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000599
Author(s):  
Sandra Guimaraes ◽  
Andreia Soares ◽  
Cristina Freitas ◽  
Pedro Barros ◽  
Ricardo Dourado Leite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Absolute Risk ◽  
Absolute Risk Reduction ◽  
Number Needed To Screen ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disease Study ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Screening Effectiveness ◽  
Timely Referral

ObjectiveTo study the effectiveness of amblyopia screening at ages 3–4.Methods and AnalysisFrom a population with no previous screening, a cohort of 2300 children with 3–4 years old attending school (91% of children this age attend school in Portugal), were submitted to a complete ophthalmological evaluation. Amblyopia was diagnosed, treated and followed. Amblyopia prevalence, treatment effectiveness, absolute risk reduction (ARR), number needed to screen (NNS) and relative risk reduction (RRR) were estimated.ResultsPast/present history of amblyopia was higher than 3.1%–4.2%, depending on amblyopia definition normatives. Screening at age 3–4, had estimated ARR=2.09% (95% CI 1.50% to 2.68%) with a reduced risk of amblyopia in adulthood of 87% (RRR). NNS was 47.8 (95% CI 37.3 to 66.7). Treatment effectiveness of new diagnosis was 88% (83% if we include children already followed). 91% of new amblyopia diagnoses were refractive (of which 100% surpassed amblyopia Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study criteria after treatment), while most strabismic amblyopias were already treated or undertreatment. Only 30% of children with refractive amblyopia risk factors that were not followed by an ophthalmologist, ended up having amblyopia at age 3–4. Eye patch was needed equally in new-diagnosis versus treated-earlier refractive amblyopia.ConclusionsScreening amblyopia in a whole-population setting at age 3–4 is highly effective. For each 48 children screened at age 3–4, one amblyopia is estimated to be prevented in the future (NNS). Screening earlier may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatments: Treating all new diagnosis before age 3–4 would have a maximal difference in ARR of 0.3%, with the possible burden of as much as 70% children being unnecessary treated before age 3–4.Involving primary care, with policies for timely referral of suspicious/high-risk preverbal children, plus whole screening at age 3–4 seems a rational/effective way of controlling amblyopia.

Head Start Screening: Effectiveness of a Teacher-Administered Battery

1971 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Psychological Evaluation ◽  
Auditory Memory ◽  
Mental Ability ◽  
Head Start Children ◽  
Screening Effectiveness ◽  
Single Set ◽  
Wide Community ◽  
Motor Areas

This study has concerned a number of issues for 153 Head Start children. The principal conclusions are: (1) these children are significantly more deficient in the perceptual-motor areas, race notwithstanding, than in either the areas of mental ability or auditory memory, (2) the battery has effectively selected children for individual psychological evaluation insofar as measured intelligence is the criterion, (3) even within the scope of a single program, wide community differences may exist, and as a consequence, no single set of training procedures is likely to be adequate for all communities, (4) ethnic differences in the various skill areas were significant.

Full-scale experimental study on screening effectiveness of SRM-filled trench barriers

Géotechnique ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 869-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mahdavisefat ◽  
H. Salehzadeh ◽  
A. A. Heshmati
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Screening Effectiveness

Abstract B017: Rural interventions for screening effectiveness: Baseline cancer screening behaviors of rural women of Indiana and Ohio

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Electra D Paskett ◽  
Ryan D Baltic ◽  
Mira L Katz ◽  
Gregory S Young ◽  
Susan Rawl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Screening Behaviors ◽  
Screening Effectiveness

scholarly journals WE NEED DATA ON ANAL SCREENING EFFECTIVENESS BEFORE FOCUSING ON INCREASING IT

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (11) ◽  
pp. 2016-2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell H. Katz ◽  
Kenneth A. Katz ◽  
Kyle T. Bernestein ◽  
Jeffrey D. Klausner
Keyword(s):  
Screening Effectiveness
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