Number Needed to Screen (NNS) Medical Algorithm

Are you trying to determine the number of people who need to be screened for a genetic condition?

Yes

Prevalence of genetic carriers in a population (enter as a number from 0 to 100)

percent

Percent of carriers who develop disease if untreated (enter as a number from 0 to 100)

percent

Percent of carriers who develop disease if treated (enter as a number from 0 to 100)

percent

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Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of carriers who will develop disease if untreated

Number of carriers who will develop disease if treated

Number of carriers who will not develop the disease if treated

Percent reduction in potentially affected carriers not developing disease with treatment

Number of carriers needed to treat to prevent 1 person developing disease

Number of people in target population who need to be screened

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Interpretation and Description

References

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Number Needed to Screen (NNS)

Purpose: To identify the number of people in a target population who need have genetic screening in order to prevent 1 person from developing disease.

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Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10