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point prevalence

The prevalence of a disease during a specified time.

prevalence

the total number of cases of a specific disease in existence in a given population at a certain time, i.e. prevalence. See also cross-sectional study.

instantaneous prevalence

the prevalence at a particular moment. Called also spot prevalence.

period prevalence

the number of cases of a disease which occur during a specified period, e.g. annual, lifetime, as a percentage of the total or average total number of animals at risk during the same period.

point prevalence

as for period prevalence (above) except that the assessment is made at a specific point in time rather than over a period, a rather impractical exercise.

prevalence rate

the number of patients who have the disease at a particular time, divided by the population at risk of having the disease at that time.

spot prevalence

see instantaneous prevalence (above).

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While overall compliance in this and earlier point prevalence studies (20,37) was relatively high, the wide range in compliance across ICUs (50 to 100%) may reflect disparate views by clinicians.

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In addition, an overview of studies that have taken place in low-income countries since 1983 estimated the one-week prevalence of knee pain in people 15 years and over to be 14% (Davatchi 2006), whereas the point prevalence of knee pain in our cohort was substantially higher at 25% (95% CI 20 to 30).

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Descriptive statistics are presented for the life, month, and point prevalence of neck/shoulder pain.

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A point prevalence survey of hospital inpatients to define the proportion with palliation as the primary goal of care and the need for specialist palliative care.

A point-prevalence survey of public hospital inpatients with palliative care needs in Cape Town, South Africa

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We present a pilot study investigating the point prevalence of anaemia among children visiting a community health centre in Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province.

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