Screening for scoliosis - New recommendations, old dilemmas, no straight solutions

Table 5 Wilson and Jungner screening principles, World Health Organization 1968[29]

“Principles of early disease detection” Wilson and Jungner, WHO, 1968[29]
1 The condition sought should be an important health problem
2 The natural history of the condition, including development from latent to declared disease, should be adequately understood
3 There should be a recognizable latent or early symptomatic stage
4 There should be a suitable test or examination
5 The test should be acceptable to the population
6 There should be an agreed policy on whom to treat as patients
7 There should be an accepted treatment for patients with recognized disease
8 Facilities for diagnosis and treatment should be available
9 The cost of case-finding (including diagnosis and treatment of patients diagnosed) should be economically balanced in relation to possible expenditure on medical care as a whole
10 Case-finding should be a continuing process and not a “once and for all” project

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