Disease screening

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	564029
Registration status:	Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Definition:	Repeated testing, at regular intervals, of apparently well people to detect a medical condition at an earlier stage than would otherwise be the case. Screening tests are not diagnostic; therefore, people who receive a positive screening result require further assessment and diagnosis to determine whether or not they have the disease or risk marker being screened for.

Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Bowel cancer screening test cluster Health, Standard 05/02/2021 Bowel cancer screening test cluster Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Bowel cancer screening test cluster Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Disease screening test analysis date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Disease screening test completion status Health, Standard 29/08/2014 First disease screening program participation indicator Health, Standard 29/08/2014 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Opted off from a disease screening program date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Opted off from a disease screening program indicator Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening invitation round count Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening invitation round count, total number N[N] Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening program invitation date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening program invitation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test analysis date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test analysis date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test completion status Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test completion status, bowel screening code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test results sent date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—disease screening test results sent date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—first disease screening program participation indicator Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—first disease screening program participation indicator, yes/no code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—opted off from a disease screening program date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—opted off from a disease screening program date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—opted off from a disease screening program indicator Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—opted off from a disease screening program indicator, yes/no code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—reason for opting off a disease screening program, code N Health, Standard 05/02/2021 Person—reason for suspending disease screening participation Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—reason for suspending disease screening participation, code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—suspended participation from a disease screening program date Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—suspended participation from a disease screening program date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—suspended participation from a disease screening program indicator Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Person—suspended participation from a disease screening program indicator, yes/no code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Reason for suspending disease screening participation Health, Standard 29/08/2014 Suspended participation from a disease screening program date Health, Standard 29/08/2014