Screening University Students for Health Checks With an Electronic Health Questionnaire in Finland: Protocol for a Retrospective, Register-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Health questionnaires and health checks are an established part of preventive health care services in Finland. However, only very limited research of these has been conducted. The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) provides primary health care services to all bachelor's and master's degree university students (approximately 134,500 students) in Finland. FSHS's statutory health examination process of university entrants includes an electronic health questionnaire (eHQ) and, based on the students' eHQ responses, a subsequent health check if necessary. To our knowledge, no previous studies have been published on the use of questionnaires for screening students for general health checks. OBJECTIVE:The general aim of the study is to evaluate the health examination process of unive

SUBMITTER: Paldanius S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7016620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature