SCREENING

CONTENTS 01.Definition of screening

02.Types of screening test
03.Criteria for sucessful screening
program
04.Uses/purpose of screening
05.Difference between screening
and diagnostic test
06.Relation ship between sensitivity
and specificity
07.Risk of screening
01. DEFINITION OF SCREENING
The early detection of:
-Disease
-Precursors of disease
-Susceptibilty to disease
-In individuals who do not show any signs of
disease.
 TYPES OF SCREENING
1
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Mass screening
2
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High risk screening/targeted screening
3
. Multiphasic screening
4
. Multipurpose screening
5
. Oppurtunistic and case finding screening
 01 MASS SCREENING
• Mass screening simply means the screening of a whole group or a sub
group.
• Everyone in the group is screened regardless of the probability of
having disease.

• Eg: Adults
: Visual defects in school children
: TB screening
: New born screening program
:Cervical cancer screening
 Various types of mass screening

Massborn
New screening
baby New born
oral screening inchildren
Oral screening camp in baby programme in japan Testing visual defects in
screening program in
school children. children.
japan.
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