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Title: Inter-rater reliability of stroke sub-type classification by neurologists and nurses within a community-based stroke incidence study.
Austin Authors: Dewey, Helen M;Macdonell, Richard A L ;Donnan, Geoffrey A ;Freeman, E;Thrift, Amanda G;Sharples, C
Affiliation: National Stroke Research Institute, Austin & Repatriation Medical Center, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2001
Publication information: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia; 8(1): 14-7
Abstract: The stroke classification developed for use in the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) is simple, clinically meaningful and requires no investigations. However, its inter-rater reliability in a community setting is unknown. We aimed to assess the inter-rater reliability of this classification among neurologists and nurses within a community-based stroke incidence study. Fifty-four stroke patients with cerebral infarction who were registered in the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS) were assigned OCSP classifications by two neurologists and one of seven research nurses. There was moderate agreement between neurologists (kappa = 0.53), fair agreement between neurologist 1 and nurse (kappa = 0.31) and moderate agreement between neurologist 2 and nurse (kappa = 0.45). Disagreement about the neurological signs was an important reason for classification differences. The OCSP classification can be easily applied in a community setting with moderate inter-rater reliability and is thus a useful instrument for commun ity-based epidemiological studies.
Gov't Doc #: 11320972
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/9310
Journal: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11320972
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Australia
Community Health Services
Humans
Incidence
Neurology.standards
Observer Variation
Prospective Studies
Specialties, Nursing.standards
Stroke.pathology
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