Calibração de examinadores para estudos epidemiológicos de cárie dentária

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Marco Aurélio Peres²  Jefferson Traebert¹  Wagner Marcenes¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências da Saúde Departamento de Saúde PúblicaFlorianópolis SC ,Brasil

关键词: DMF-T Index;    Dental Caries;    Evaluation;    Índice CPO-D;    Cárie Dentária;    Avaliação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2001000100016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was describe a training and calibration exercise for dental caries and to discuss the use of validity and reliability statistical tests. Eight dentists examined seventeen 12 year-old schoolchildren using World Health Organization (1997) criteria. Data analysis included calculation of the DMF-T index, the percent agreement, and the kappa scores on a tooth-by-tooth basis. Inter-examiner agreement was tested against a gold standard examiner. Scores for measures of agreement calculated on a tooth-by-tooth basis were lower than those calculated for the whole mouth. The training and calibration exercise is a crucial step in cross-sectional epidemiological surveys, and the kappa test calculated on a tooth-by-tooth basis is the appropriate measurement to test agreement between examiners for dental caries.

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