Risk-based recall intervals recommended

Diabetes screening intervals based on risk stratification

BACKGROUND Guidelines for frequency of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) screening remain unclear, with proposed screening intervals typically based on expert opinion. This study aims to demonstrate that HbA1c screening intervals may differ substantially when considering individual risk for diabetes. METHODS This was a multi-institutional retrospective open cohort study. Data were collected betwe...

Recommended confidence intervals for two independent binomial proportions.

The relationship between two independent binomial proportions is commonly estimated and presented using the difference between proportions, the number needed to treat, the ratio of proportions or the odds ratio. Several different confidence intervals are available, but they can produce markedly different results. Some of the traditional approaches, such as the Wald interval for the difference b...

Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients.

BACKGROUND The frequency with which patients should attend for a dental check-up and the potential effects on oral health of altering recall intervals between check-ups have been the subject of ongoing international debate for almost 3 decades. Although recommendations regarding optimal recall intervals vary between countries and dental healthcare systems, 6-monthly dental check-ups have tradit...

Respondent-Generated Intervals (RGI) For Recall in Sample Surveys

Modeling social risk amplification during recall crises

Public response to risk is socially shaped in a way that often severely overor under-estimates expert risk assessments. One of the main theoretical tools to examine public risk responses of this kind is the social amplification of risk framework. An important finding is that social amplification is strongly influenced by the conduct of those managing a risk. This study models social risk amplif...