The accuracy of tooth loss data collected by nurses.
The accuracy of tooth loss data collected by nurses.
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护士收集的牙齿缺失数据的准确性。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1754-4505.1999.tb01372.x
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1999
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Hand,JS
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作者：
Warren,JJ;Levy,SM;Hand,JS
本文报告了由 10 名训练有素的护士对 22 名受试者进行的牙齿计数的准确性，这是药物制剂大型纵向研究的一部分。这些护士参加了由研讨会、讨论、演示和实践考试组成的培训课程。随后，每位护士对 22 名受试者的牙齿进行了计数，并独立记录了他们的发现。将护士的计数与牙医的计数进行比较，以评估护士计数的准确性。我们发现护士和牙医对于 86% 的患者计数结果完全一致。个别护士与牙医的一致性程度在 73% 到 100% 之间，成对 kappa 统计值在 0.70 到 1.00 之间。此外，对于牙医和护士计数的每次比较，皮尔逊相关性和组间相关性测量值均超过 0.98。这项研究的结果表明，培训非牙科卫生保健人员可能是获取牙齿缺失数据和其他口腔健康措施的准确且低成本的方式，特别是当口腔健康数据作为更大规模、多学科研究的一部分收集时。
This paper reports on the accuracy of tooth counts conducted In 22 subjects by 10 trained nurses as part of a large longitudinal study of a pharmacological agent. These nurses participated in a training course consisting of seminars, discussion, demonstrations, and practice examinations. Each of the nurses then counted the teeth of 22 subjects and recorded their findings independently. The counts of the nurses were compared with those of the dentists to assess the accuracy of the nurses' counts. We found that nurses and dentists were in perfect agreement for 86% of the patient counts conducted. Individual nurses' levels of agreement with dentists ranged from 73% to 100%, with pairwise kappa statistic values ranging from 0.70 to 1.00. In addition, both Pearson correlation and interclass correlation measures exceeded 0.98 for every comparison of dentist and nurse counts. The results of this study suggest that training nonden‐tal health care workers may be an accurate and low‐cost way of obtaining tooth loss data and other oral health measures, particularly when oral health data are collected as part of larger, multi‐disciplinary studies.