Table 1. Indicators for Monitoring the Progress of the Study and Their Calculation Methods .
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Indicator |
Definition |
Proportions’ Calculation Method |
Report Level |
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| Numerator | Denominator | |||
| Invitation performance | The number of people who have been successfully invited by a community health worker for blood sampling, and their percentage of the total number of people who should have been invited (determined sample size). | The number of people community health worker has successfully contacted and invited them to the study. | The total determined sample size in each level of the report. | Country, separately by province, medical university and district primary health care network, and in the subgroup of non-Iranian citizens |
| Blood sampling performance | The number of people from whom blood samples were taken, and their percentage of the number of people who were invited. | The number of people from whom blood samples were taken. | The number of people invited. | Country, separately by province, medical university and district primary health care network, and in the subgroup of non-Iranian citizens |
| Laboratory performance | The number of people whose serological test was performed and the result recorded, and their percentage of the number of people from whom blood samples have been taken. | The number of people whose serological test was performed and the result recorded. | The number of people from whom blood samples were taken. | Country, separately by province, medical university and district primary health care network, and in the subgroup of non-Iranian citizens |
| Total performance | The number of people whose serological test was performed and the result recorded, and their percentage of the total number of people who had to participate in the study (determined sample size). | The number of people whose serological test was performed and the result recorded. | The total determined sample size in each level of the report | Country, separately by province, medical university and district primary health care network, and in the subgroup of non-Iranian citizens |