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Table 3 Cancer-related indicators studied among all scoping review articles and by study purposea

From: The use of electronic health records to inform cancer surveillance efforts: a scoping review and test of indicators for public health surveillance of cancer prevention and control

 

Total sample (n = 401)

Study purpose

Surveillance (n = 60)

Epidemiologic (n = 127)

Methodological (n = 103)

Quality improvement (n = 134)

Cancer risk factor

167 (41.7%)

31 (51.7%)

67 (52.8%)

54 (52.4%)

36 (26.9%)

 Adult obesity

64 (16.0%)

13 (21.7%)

29 (22.8%)

24 (23.3%)

10 (7.5%)

 Childhood obesity

29 (7.2%)

15 (25.0%)

8 (6.3%)

7 (6.8%)

3 (2.2%)

 Smoking status

98 (24.4%)

13 (21.7%)

46 (36.2%)

35 (34.0%)

18 (13.4%)

 Other

52 (13.0%)

2 (3.3%)

26 (20.5%)

11 (10.7%)

17 (12.7%)

Screening and Immunization

146 (36.4%)

23 (38.3%)

42 (33.1%)

21 (20.4%)

59 (44.0%)

 Breast cancer Screening

38 (9.5%)

6 (10.0%)

16 (12.6%)

2 (1.9%)

12 (9.0%)

 Cervical cancer screening

39 (9.7%)

8 (13.3%)

15 (11.8%)

2 (1.9%)

15 (11.2%)

 HPV vaccination

38 (9.5%)

7 (11.7%)

12 (9.5%)

2 (1.9%)

21 (15.7%)

 Colorectal cancer screening

82 (20.5%)

8 (13.3%)

21 (16.5%)

16 (15.5%)

36 (26.9%)

 Other

26 (6.5%)

10 (16.7%)

5 (3.9%)

4 (3.9%)

8 (6.0%)

Referral to care

64 (16.0%)

8 (13.3%)

12 (9.5%)

8 (7.8%)

28 (20.9%)

 Breast cancer

17 (4.2%)

2 (3.3%)

4 (3.2%)

2 (1.9%)

4 (3.0%)

 Cervical cancer

11 (2.7%)

3 (5.0%)

4 (3.2%)

1 (1.0%)

4 (3.0%)

 Colorectal cancer

25 (6.2%)

2 (3.3%)

3 (2.4%)

3 (2.9%)

12 (9.0%)

 Other

22 (5.5%)

3 (5.0%)

4 (3.2%)

3 (2.9%)

12 (9.0%)

Incidence/prevalence

93 (23.2%)

10 (16.7%)

31 (24.4%)

28 (27.2%)

22 (16.4%)

 Breast cancer

29 (7.2%)

2 (3.3%)

14 (11.0%)

8 (7.8%)

2 (1.5%)

 Cervical cancer

10 (2.5%)

2 (3.3%)

6 (4.7%)

2 (1.9%)

1 (0.8%)

 Colorectal cancer

39 (9.7%)

3 (5.0%)

8 (6.3%)

15 (14.6%)

10 (7.5%)

 Other

42 (10.5%)

6 (10.0%)

13 (10.2%)

16 (15.5%)

11 (8.2%)

  1. aGroup totals may not sum to 100% due to ability to select multiple or no categories