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Origin ID
QD42
Preferred Label
secondary prevention
prévention secondaireCategory label
Secondary preventionPrévention secondaireQ-Code supplementary keywords
case findingcheck-upearly diagnosishealth checkscreeningcheck-updépistagediagnostic précoceQ-Code acronym
P2Q-Code scope note
Action taken to detect a health problem at an early stage in an individual or a population, thereby facilitating cure, or reducing or preventing it spreading or its long-term effects (e.g. methods, screening, case finding and early diagnosis) (Woncadic)Action menée pour prévenir à un stade précoce le développement d'un problème de santé d'un patient ou d'une population en réduisant sa durée ou sa progression.(ex ; dépistage de l'hypertension).(Woncadic)Q-Code conceptual content
CASE-FINDING ; administering a test, examination, or questionnaire to patients, who have come to the GP/FP for another reason, in order to detect a treatable disease whose early diagnosis is important. See SCREENING. (Woncadic)Screening ; is the systematic application of a test or inquiry to identify those individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventive action, among persons who have not sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder (Wald 2006)SECONDARY PREVENTION ; Action taken to detect a health problem at an early stage in an individual or a population, thereby facilitating cure, or reducing or preventing it spreading or its long-term effects (e.g. methods, screening, case finding and early diagnosis) (Woncadic)prévention secondaire ; Action menée pour prévenir à un stade précoce le développement d'un problème de santé d'un patient ou d'une population en réduisant sa durée ou sa progression ou ses effets à long terme (ex ; dépistage, recherche de cas et diagnostic précode) (Woncadic_mj)Bibliographic link
Citation
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Gøtzsche PC, Jørgensen KJ. The breast screening programme and misinforming the public. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2011; 104(9): 361-9. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21881087
Si S, Moss JR, Sullivan TR, Newton SS, Stocks NP. Effectiveness of general practice-based health checks: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 2014; 64(618): e47-53. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567582
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