Title |
Validation of diabetes mellitus and hypertension diagnosis in computerized medical records in primary health care
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Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, October 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-11-146 |
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Authors |
Carmen de Burgos-Lunar, Miguel A Salinero-Fort, Juan Cárdenas-Valladolid, Sonia Soto-Díaz, Carmen Y Fuentes-Rodríguez, Juan C Abánades-Herranz, Isabel del Cura-González |
Abstract |
Computerized Clinical Records, which are incorporated in primary health care practice, have great potential for research. In order to use this information, data quality and reliability must be assessed to prevent compromising the validity of the results.The aim of this study is to validate the diagnosis of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the computerized clinical records of primary health care, taking the diagnosis criteria established in the most prominently used clinical guidelines as the gold standard against which what measure the sensitivity, specificity, and determine the predictive values.The gold standard for diabetes mellitus was the diagnostic criteria established in 2003 American Diabetes Association Consensus Statement for diabetic subjects. The gold standard for hypertension was the diagnostic criteria established in the Joint National Committee published in 2003. |
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