Country | Italy | Slovenia | Turkey |
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Setting | A) Primary care: Family pediatrician’s office | D) Primary care – screening of secondary school students – mostly in rural area of NE Slovenia | Primary care: Pediatrician’s office |
B) Celiac centre pediatric patients | E) Students from Medical Faculty and Faculty of Health Sciences University of Maribor - screening | ||
C) Celiac centre adult patients | Â | ||
Personnel performing POCT | A) Family pediatricians | D) Trained nurse, student and pediatrician, pediatric gastroenterologist – as supervisor | Nurse and pediatrician |
B) Physician and biologist | E) Trained nurse, trained students, pediatric gastroenterologist – as supervisor | ||
C) Physician and biologist | Â | ||
No. subjects tested (age range) | A) 3,559 (1-14 yrs) asymptomatic children | A) 1,000 (14-18y) secondary school students | 771 (1-18 years) asymptomatic children at school (666) and at a primary care pediatrician’s office (105) |
B) 206 (1-18 yrs) children for suspected CD | B) 480 (18-23y) University students | ||
C) 85 (>18 yrs) adults for suspected CD | Â |