Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
perform a visit
English answer:
perform a visit
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Enza Longo
Feb 17, 2003 11:33
21 yrs ago
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English term
visits performed
English
Medical
Medical (general)
clinical study
The sentence is: There were, in total, 95 visits performed in the 14 patients included in the study.
Somehow, I have my doubts that this is correct. Do you perform a visit ?
Somehow, I have my doubts that this is correct. Do you perform a visit ?
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Change log
Jan 8, 2006 13:51: Fuad Yahya changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Medical (general)"
Jan 8, 2006 13:51: Fuad Yahya changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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actually
it sounds correct, a doctor performs a visit.
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an example below, and there are many similar pages for this usage...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20021215/graham.html
We analyzed National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) data spanning 1980 to 1999 identifying all prenatal visits performed by physicians.
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As Chris Rowson stated below, in conversations we don\'t use \"performing a visit\"; but it is common usage in reports, etc., \"to perform visits\".
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an example below, and there are many similar pages for this usage...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20021215/graham.html
We analyzed National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) data spanning 1980 to 1999 identifying all prenatal visits performed by physicians.
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Note added at 2003-02-17 12:31:46 (GMT)
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As Chris Rowson stated below, in conversations we don\'t use \"performing a visit\"; but it is common usage in reports, etc., \"to perform visits\".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Selcuk. Thanks also to John, Fuad and Heart for convincing me that performing a visit is perfectly correct in the clinical sense although I agree with Lucy that it doesn't sound right to the ear and with Chris that normally, one wouldn't use this in everyday conversation. I will use Fuad's suggestion though, "involving" instead of "in" 14 patients. I'm sorry I can't give points to everyone "
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agree with you, it doesn't sound right.
without context it's difficult to say. I would suggest they mean to say that the 14 patients included in the study received a combined total of 95 visits.
I would never say 'perform a visit'!
I would never say 'perform a visit'!
Peer comment(s):
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hirselina
: For "visits" by doctors, social workers, inspectors etc."perform" is not so unusual. See http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/RSE/enquiries/footandmouth/EVIDENC3.P...
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in the light of all comments below, I stand corrected! however, I agree with Fuad that 'perform in' sounds very odd to my ears at least!
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Faye J. Vasiliadis
: Patients received a visit sounds way more odd. Actually have never heard it.
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95 study visits were performed
Dupont Clinical Research (DCR) -- Sponsors and Past Work
... This provides another level of internal QA analysis of data. The same
coordinator does not perform the study visit and the data entry. ...
www.dupontclinicalresearch.com/pharm.html - 11k - Feb 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
... This provides another level of internal QA analysis of data. The same
coordinator does not perform the study visit and the data entry. ...
www.dupontclinicalresearch.com/pharm.html - 11k - Feb 15, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Rowson (X)
: You wouldn´t talk about "performing a visit" in conversation, but when removed into the world of surveys and statistics it doesn´t surprise me, or strike me as wrong.
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thanks for your input, Chris
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Steffen Walter
: with Chris
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Alexandra Tussing
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Performed is OK
but if you want to change it, perhaps "99 visits were carried out". My gut feeling (sorry for the pun!) is that operations are normally "performed" and visits are "carried out"
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I find "in the 14 patients" more objectionable than "visits performed."
This, clearly, is not a well-written sentence, but the bit about visits being performed is standard fare in technical writing, although, as John Bowden pointed out above, "carried out" would be an improvement. In ordinary speech, one "pays" a visit, but that would probably not fit the style of a technical report.
What I find more objectionable is the phrase "in the 14 patients." One does not perform a visit in a patient. One simply visits a patient. If they had asked me, I would have suggested:
"In total, 95 visits were carried out in the study involving 14 patients."
Fuad
What I find more objectionable is the phrase "in the 14 patients." One does not perform a visit in a patient. One simply visits a patient. If they had asked me, I would have suggested:
"In total, 95 visits were carried out in the study involving 14 patients."
Fuad
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95 visits performed
Yes, they are called 'visits' in clinical trial jargon, trust me (5+ years in clinical trials). And visits are indeed 'performed'. In the clinical report form (CRF), each time a patient is scheduled to go to the clinic (to be monitored, have blood taken, etc.) is called a 'Visit' - Visit 1, 2, 3, etc. And yes, they are called 'patients'.
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Here is another website that explains clinical trials and has a list of terminology commonly used in clinical trials at the end:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/info/whatis;jsessionid=2DBA...
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Here is another website that explains clinical trials and has a list of terminology commonly used in clinical trials at the end:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/info/whatis;jsessionid=2DBA...
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