• Blogpost: How reliable are tobacco and alcohol prevalence estimates from surveys? (who.int)
  • How do we evaluate whether estimates from national surveys are a true reflection of what people are consuming? (who.int)
  • We also need to acknowledge the shortcomings of survey data by making it very clear that prevalence estimates are likely to be severely under-reported. (who.int)
  • Prevalence estimates were consistent with those from previous surveys, although methodologic differences limited comparisons. (nih.gov)
  • Surveys however can only ever provide imperfect estimates - one cannot diagnose a gambling disorder or any other mental health disorder by survey. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • The Health Survey - described by Dr Heather Wardle of the University of Glasgow as "one of the finest survey vehicles we have in this country" - provides the best estimates currently available to us. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • Objective: To provide updated prevalence estimates of asthma and asthma medication use for women of childbearing age in the United States.Methods: Using data from 11,383 women aged 18-44, including a subset of 1,245 pregnant women, enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2016), we assessed the age-adjusted prevalence of self-reported diagnosed asthma. (healthpartners.com)
  • Estimates of pain prevalence and severity in adults: United States, 2012. (nih.gov)
  • Results showed that the CARES method improves estimates given by the TLS method by getting closer to the real HIV prevalence. (unl.pt)
  • Prevalence surveys using standardized measures of asthma provide valid prevalence estimates to facilitate regional and international comparisons and monitoring of trends. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data analysis accounted for sampling design and prevalence estimates were weighted to produce national estimates. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One of the strengths of the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) is that it covers many crimes that are not reported to the police and provides reliable estimates of domestic abuse. (ons.gov.uk)
  • however, prevalence estimates reflect percentage of all adults who engaged in this behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • To estimate the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in adults with asthma treated in the community. (bmj.com)
  • What is the appropriate age range of individuals to be included in a survey to estimate the prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis? (bmj.com)
  • This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of inadequate glycaemic control and its correlates in a large multicentre survey of Brazilian patients with diabetes. (unifesp.br)
  • Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of blindness and its determinants in Bangladeshi adult population. (bmj.com)
  • Prevalence and determinants of contraception utilization over time in Migori County, Kenya: Repeated cross-sectional household surveys. (bvsalud.org)
  • The data have been collected at the national level under the responsibility of each participating country during national point prevalence surveys following the ECDC PPS methodology. (europa.eu)
  • Point prevalence surveys over 2 years to determine whether nutritional practice had improved. (uib.no)
  • Point prevalence surveys were useful to evaluate nutritional practice in this university hospital. (uib.no)
  • South Africa will conduct a Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey to establish the true burden of the disease and ultimately strengthen TB control in the country. (hsrc.ac.za)
  • There was no significant change in the prevalence of domestic abuse experienced by adults aged 16 to 59 years in the last year compared with the year ending March 2020, a year largely unaffected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the last time the data were collected. (ons.gov.uk)
  • Although further studies are needed to confirm the validity of this screening tool and these findings, these prevalences suggest scope for therapeutic intervention and may explain the anecdotal success of the Buteyko method of treating asthma. (bmj.com)
  • This paper describes the key finding of this survey and compares the findings with local, regional and international data. (who.int)
  • These findings cannot be generalised because all surveys were carried out in the same country. (bmj.com)
  • IRVINE, Calif., April 19, 2017 - HireRight , a leading provider of global employment background checks, drug and health screening, and electronic Form I-9 and E-Verify solutions, today announced findings from its 10th Annual HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Survey . (hireright.com)
  • HireRight's report explores key issues, trends, and underlying business drivers affecting background check programs of U.S. organizations, and compares these findings to survey results over the last decade. (hireright.com)
  • Prevalence, long-term trends and types of domestic abuse experienced by adults, based on findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, and police recorded crime. (ons.gov.uk)
  • Cross-sectional online survey in Australia. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Design Cross-sectional survey. (bmj.com)
  • Study design A cross-sectional population-based survey conducted at household level with national representation. (bmj.com)
  • The cross-sectional data from two ISAAC questionnaire based surveys conducted in 1994 (n = 6238) and in 2001 (n = 9363) on two groups of schoolchildren aged 6-7 and 12-15 years were compared. (bmj.com)
  • Bloodborne virus infections among drug users in Ireland: a retrospective cross-sectional survey of screening, prevalence, incidence and hepatitis B immunisation uptake. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • Grogan, Loretto and Tiernan, Mary and Geoghegan, Noreen and Smyth, Bobby P and Keenan, Eamon (2005) Bloodborne virus infections among drug users in Ireland: a retrospective cross-sectional survey of screening, prevalence, incidence and hepatitis B immunisation uptake. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of clients attending 21 specialist addiction treatment clinics in one health board area in greater Dublin. (drugsandalcohol.ie)
  • A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted, enrolling households using multistage sampling with five strata per country (one municipality, two towns, two rural areas). (biomedcentral.com)
  • An island wide, cross-sectional, community-based survey of asthma, asthma symptoms and allergies was done among adults and children using the European Community Respiratory Health Survey Questionnaire for adults and the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This island-wide, cross-sectional, community-based prevalence survey used a nationally representative sample of children aged 2 - 17 years and adults 18 years and older. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross-sectional survey was sent to 2773 anesthesiology residents in the United States. (lww.com)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study analyzing data from a 2021 survey that was conducted across eight different regions in Migori County, Kenya to examine the potential role that different factors play in meeting family planning targets. (bvsalud.org)
  • This EIP Hospital Survey gathers data on all types of HAIs across all acute care inpatients in hospitals, including those HAIs not routinely tracked by the National Healthcare Safety Network (such as infections that are not associated with a medical device or procedure). (cdc.gov)
  • The main objective was to test the survey design and data collection. (cdc.gov)
  • Data collection for this survey was expanded to be able to describe the quality of antimicrobial medication prescribing. (cdc.gov)
  • Hospital survey dates occurred between May and September 2015, and data collection took place during 2015-2017. (cdc.gov)
  • Where does this leave researchers working on tobacco and, especially, alcohol using survey data? (who.int)
  • Review and analysis of data from two U.S. national surveys in 2002. (nih.gov)
  • National data on the prevalence of back pain become available only intermittently. (nih.gov)
  • We summarized published data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on the prevalence of back pain and compared it with earlier surveys. (nih.gov)
  • The online database of the HAI-Net point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use provides European reference data on HAIs and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals in Europe. (europa.eu)
  • Data for the first EU-wide Point Prevalence Survey of HAI and antimicrobial use were collected over a period of 2 years (12 countries in 2011 and 21 countries in 2012) and are presented as a single period 2011-2012. (europa.eu)
  • Methods: The current study analyzes the secondary data of PDHS (Pakistan Demographic & Health Survey). (doaj.org)
  • Part of the problem, Waugh observes, is that the publication of prevalence data has become highly politicised, with different interest groups making competing claims in order to support extant agendas: "In general, the industry wants to show low prevalence while public health activists - rather morbidly perhaps - appear to crave high prevalence. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • CONCLUSION: Compared with the data from the 1993 survey, illicit drug use has continued to escalate across the areas, calling for priority concern in various sections of the country. (erowid.org)
  • This table aims to present data on school students obtained from national surveys. (europa.eu)
  • Questions about cannabis use are based on the ESPAD survey questionnaire, data collection in the schools, and assurance of anonymity. (europa.eu)
  • Pakistan lacks data on the prevalence of risk factors for common noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). (who.int)
  • Methods Data from six previous surveys of adults ≥15 years old were reanalysed. (bmj.com)
  • A new analysis based on data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) found that an estimated 25.3 million adults (11.2 percent) experience daily pain-that is, they had pain every day for the 3 months prior to the survey. (nih.gov)
  • The 2012 survey results are based on combined data from 8,781 American adults. (nih.gov)
  • HIV prevalence was in line with national data. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data on the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), are even more limited. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To servers, desktop PCs, and wide-area networking produce reliable statistics for these groups, ado collects and processes all of the NHANES data, lescents 15-19 and persons 60 and older are over- nearly eliminating the need for paper forms and sampled for the survey. (cdc.gov)
  • With response rates exceeding 80% in both groups, this approach facilitated cost-effective gathering of high quality asthma prevalence data that will facilitate international and regional comparison and monitoring of asthma prevalence trends. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) data presented in this release for the year ending March 2022, are not badged as National Statistics . (ons.gov.uk)
  • Domestic abuse-related crimes continued to be recorded by police throughout the coronavirus pandemic, however police recorded crime data, in isolation, do not provide a measure of prevalence to understand the true extent of domestic abuse. (ons.gov.uk)
  • National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000 to 2017-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland. (gov.scot)
  • Creese A, Norwich B & Daniels H (1998) The prevalence and usefulness of collaborative teacher groups for SEN: Results of a national survey. (stir.ac.uk)
  • We also analyzed the 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) to determine physician visit rates for back pain. (nih.gov)
  • South Africas first national, household sero-prevalence survey of HIV and AIDS was conducted in 2002. (hsrcpress.ac.za)
  • This report provides an analysis of trends across the three surveys and begins to map the ways in which the shape of the pandemic in South Africa has changed since 2002. (hsrcpress.ac.za)
  • A pilot survey was conducted in 9 acute care hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida. (cdc.gov)
  • A limited roll-out survey was conducted in 22 acute care hospitals in 10 EIP states. (cdc.gov)
  • A full-scale survey was conducted in 183 acute care hospitals in 10 EIP states. (cdc.gov)
  • Overall, 12,299 patients in 199 acute care hospitals in 10 EIP states were included in the survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Postal questionnaire survey using Nijmegen questionnaire. (bmj.com)
  • Intervention The items of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) questionnaire were employed to capture the prevalence of anxiety and/or depression among the residents. (bmj.com)
  • This paper describes methods used in the Jamaica Asthma and Allergies National Prevalence Survey, challenges associated with this survey and strategies used to overcome these challenges. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Jamaica Asthma and Allergies National Prevalence Survey is the first population- based survey in the Caribbean to determine the prevalence of asthma and allergies both in adults and children using standardized methods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2007, the University of the West Indies, School of Nursing, Mona (UWISON) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Jamaica commissioned the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) to carry out the Jamaica asthma and allergies national prevalence survey to quantify the asthma and allergies disease burden in the population using internationally standardized survey questionnaires. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Setting and participants The survey was done in urban and rural areas in 2013 using a probability proportionate to size sampling approach to locate participants from 72 primary sampling units. (bmj.com)
  • C) prevalence among female participants. (cdc.gov)
  • The study, conducted by Kaiser Permanente in Washington State, where recreational cannabis use is legal, included 1463 predominantly middle-aged and female participants who reported past 30-day cannabis use on a confidential survey. (medscape.com)
  • The EIP HAI and Antimicrobial Use Prevalence Survey examines the problem of HAIs and how antimicrobial medications are used in hospitals and nursing homes. (cdc.gov)
  • According to a diabetes survey in 1994, the prevalence of diabetes in the general population was 11% (4,5), and the National Health Survey of Pakistan (NHSP) 1990-94 reported that 24% of urban and 13% of rural populations had diabetes (6). (who.int)
  • This is far above the 0.375% found by the Health Survey for England in 2018 and the 0.2% for 2021-22 from the Commission's own Quarterly Telephone Survey. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • Overall, the pilot survey provided a national gambling participation rate for 2021 of 63% - or 17% higher than in 2018 when no such lockdown restrictions existed. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • Barros, AB & Martins, MR 2021, ' Improving underestimation of HIV prevalence in surveys using time-location sampling ', Journal of Urban Health , vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 579-587. (unl.pt)
  • The purpose of this paper is to describe methods used in the national prevalence survey of asthma, highlight the different steps followed in executing this survey, and discuss challenges associated with conducting such a survey in Jamaica and strategies used to overcome these challenges. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Eczema was the only allergic disease that showed a modest increase in prevalence in both age groups. (bmj.com)
  • This is the first part of the Second National Epidemiological Survey on Illicit Drug Use in six high-prevalence areas in China in 1996. (erowid.org)
  • The STEPS survey 2013-2014 was conducted to determine the prevalence and magnitude of common NCD risk factors in 2 large provinces of Pakistan - Punjab and Sindh. (who.int)
  • Introduction A survey to determine the prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) requires a large sample size and the recommended participant age is ≥15 years. (bmj.com)
  • To determine the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 and indicator microorganisms on the surface of beef sub-primals prior to the enhancement process. (beefresearch.org)
  • In order to determine the prevalence of post-partum thyroid dysfunction in our region, 1,376 randomly selected mothers were enrolled immediately post-partum and followed prospectively over a 2 year period in a large single-center survey. (mcmaster.ca)
  • CONCLUSIONS: To determine the prevalence rate of rubella antibodies in school teachers of child bearing age. (jpmph.org)
  • Using a real country database, provided by EMIS-2010, with 9591 men who have sex with men (MSM) and an HIV prevalence of 12.1%, we simulated three populations (termed "pseudo-populations") with different levels of HIV. (unl.pt)
  • However, trend analyses of national asthma prevalence and international comparison of asthma prevalence in different populations have been constrained by differences in definitions and inconsistent measures of asthma used in prevalence surveys [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For example, the decline in violent victimization rates (down 76 percent) from 1993 to 2010 was greater than the decline in prevalence rates (down 63 percent). (ojp.gov)
  • For serious violent crimes, the victimization rate decreased 77 percent from 1993 to 2010, while the prevalence rate decreased 66 percent. (ojp.gov)
  • The decline in total household property crime victimization rates (down 64 percent) from 1993 to 2010 was greater than the decline in prevalence rates (down 48 percent). (ojp.gov)
  • The prevalence of NCD risk factors differed significantly by sex and occupation (P = 0.0001) but not by age group (P = 0.118), level of education (P = 0.668) and province (P = 0.056). (who.int)
  • The high prevalence of NCD risk factors in Punjab and Sindh provinces is of concern. (who.int)
  • Previous studies have reported the prevalence of common NCD risk factors in Pakistan. (who.int)
  • For example, although current employees present significant ongoing organizational risk due to their access to company assets, customers and other employees, the HireRight survey found that 48% of employers do not rescreen their personnel post-hire - surprisingly only a 5% decrease from five years ago (53%), despite the opportunity that rescreening offers organizations to reduce their operating risk. (hireright.com)
  • Statewide survey of risk factor prevalence: the Ohio experience. (cdc.gov)
  • Information on the prevalence of domestic abuse by demographic variables such as sex and ethnicity can be found in the Domestic abuse victim characteristics, year ending March 2022 article. (ons.gov.uk)
  • This nationally representative population-based survey indicates that more than 1 in 10 Bangleashi adults aged ≥40 years have low vision or blindness, with cataract being the single most attributing factor. (bmj.com)
  • Stratified multi-stage cluster sampling was used to select 2, 163 adults aged 18 years and older and 2, 017 children aged 2-17 years for the survey. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Crime Survey for England and Wales year ending March 2022 estimated that 5.0% of adults aged 16 years and over (2.4 million) experienced domestic abuse in the last year. (ons.gov.uk)
  • In order to gain a continent-by-continent and global sense of the burden of blindness by sex we conducted a meta-analysis of published, population-based surveys of blindness. (nih.gov)
  • The College's Expert Advisory Group (EAG) commissioned an independent survey of all College Fellows, Trainees and International Medical Graduates to find out the scope of discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment in the practice of surgery. (surgeons.org)
  • The sample for the survey is selected to represent conducts the household interviews. (cdc.gov)
  • To explore the prevalence and impact of dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and menstrual symptoms on young women at school or in tertiary education. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The survey ment that may increase the chances of devel examines a nationally representative sample of oping a certain disease or condition, will be about 5,000 persons each year. (cdc.gov)
  • Survey Methodology The HireRight 2017 Employment Screening Benchmark Report is based on a survey of nearly 4,000 human resources, recruiting, security, and management professionals. (hireright.com)
  • But these tests add to the already high cost of surveys, and people might understandably be unwilling to give blood. (who.int)
  • A high prevalence of agenesias was found, with no statistically significant difference with regard to gender. (bvsalud.org)
  • Victimization and prevalence rates describe how much of the change in criminal victimization is due to a change in the number of victims compared to the number of victimizations per victim. (ojp.gov)
  • These include its very small sample (1,078 - or around 15% of the size of the most recent Health Survey for England) and a response rate of just 21% (compared with 54% for the Health Survey in 2018) - both of which limit the extent to which respondents might be considered representative. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most respondents answered the survey via the web in Quarter 4 of 2020, even though all responses in Quarter 1 were from in-person interviews. (samhsa.gov)
  • 85% of survey respondents uncovered a lie or misrepresentation on a candidate's resume or job application during the screening process - up from 66% five years ago. (hireright.com)
  • Many individual surveys of blindness have reported slightly higher rates of blindness for women. (nih.gov)
  • The age-standardised prevalence, after best correction, of blindness and low vision was 1.0% (95% CI 0.5% to 1.4%) and 12.1% (95% CI 10.5% to 13.8%), respectively. (bmj.com)
  • In 2010, the prevalence rate for violent crime was similar for males (20 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) and for females (19 per 1,000). (ojp.gov)
  • The proportion of patients screened increased from the first to the eighth point prevalence survey (P=0.012), but not the proportion of patients treated (P=0.66). (uib.no)
  • First edition published by WPRO and titled: 'Assessing tuberculosis prevalence through population-based surveys', 2007. (who.int)
  • In each site, hospitals were selected for participation if they had previously participated in the 2011 survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Gambling Commission report produced by NatCen on the experimental statistics stage of the gambling participation and the prevalence of problem gambling survey. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • He adds that the new pilot survey reports "implausible levels of participation in gambling" given that a majority of licensed operators spent the first half of the year being surveyed in government-imposed lockdown. (igamingbusiness.com)
  • The National Health and Nutrition Examination help develop sound public health policy, Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies direct and design health programs and designed to assess the health and nutritional services, and expand the health knowledge status of adults and children in the United for the Nation. (cdc.gov)