METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ASSESSMENT STUDIES
Diagnostic technologies assessments are an important field of epidemiology since these studies should be conducted with methodological rigor because the person’s medical or dental outcome, will largely depend on them. This means that with a correct diagnosis, the clinician can select the most approp...
| Autor Principal: | Rodríguez Gómez, Martha Juliana; U. Industrial de Santander |
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| Otros Autores: | Camargo Lemos, Diana Marina; U. Industrial de Santander, Orozco Vargas, Luis Carlos; U. Industrial de Santander |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad Santo Tomás Seccional Bucaramanga
2012
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http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1124 |
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Diagnostic technologies assessments are an important field of epidemiology since these studies should be conducted with methodological rigor because the person’s medical or dental outcome, will largely depend on them. This means that with a correct diagnosis, the clinician can select the most appropriate treatment and, therefore, the prognosis will be affected. Diagnostic tests are not only limited to clinical or laboratory tests, they also include scales, instruments or questionnaires that are designed to measure health status perceived by people. The psychometrics evaluates the valid and reliable aspects of measurement that are not directly observable in individuals such as intelligence, quality of life or some disorders such as depression and anxiety, among others. Therefore, the aim of this review was to explain the most important elements for the evaluation of diagnostic tests and focus on the psychometric properties that are validity, reliability and responsiveness. |
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