Swedish quality registry for caries and periodontal diseases (SKaPa): validation of data on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children

BMC Oral Health

Gunilla Klingberg¹  Tita Mensah²  Andreas Cederlund³  Aron Naimi-Akbar⁴  Sofia Tranæus⁵ 

[1] Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, 205 06, Malmö, Sweden;Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, 205 06, Malmö, Sweden;The Clinic of Paediatric Dentistry, Region Värmland, Hagagatan 4-6, 652 20, Karlstad, Sweden;Eastman Dental Institute, Stockholm County Council, Dalagatan 11, 102 31, Stockholm, Sweden;Health Technology Assessment Odontology (HTA-O), Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, 205 06, Malmö, Sweden;Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU), P.O. Box 6183, 102 33, Stockholm, Sweden;Health Technology Assessment Odontology (HTA-O), Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, 205 06, Malmö, Sweden;Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Data accuracy;    Registries;    Child;    Dental caries;    Validation study;    Diagnosis;    Sensitivity and specificity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-021-01705-x

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Swedish Quality Registry for caries and periodontal disease (SKaPa) automatically collects data on caries and periodontitis from patients’ electronic dental records. Provided the data entries are reliable and accurate, the registry has potential value as a data source for registry-based research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of the SKaPa registry information on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children.MethodThis diagnostic accuracy study compared dental caries data registered at an examination with dental health status registered in the patient’s electronic dental records, and with corresponding data retrieved from the SKaPa registry. Clinical examinations of 170 6- and 12-year-old children were undertaken by one of the researchers in conjunction with the children’s regular annual dental examinations where the number of teeth were registered, and dental caries was diagnosed using ICDAS II. Teeth with fillings were defined as filled and were added to the ICDAS II score and subsequently dft/DFT was calculated for each individual. Cohen’s Kappa, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and sensitivity and specificity were calculated to test the agreement of the ‘decayed and filled teeth’ in deciduous and permanent teeth (dft/DFT) from the three sources.ResultsCohen’s Kappa of the dft/DFT-values was calculated to 0.79 between the researcher and the patient record, to 0.95 between patient dental record and SKaPa, and to 0.76 between the researcher and SKaPa. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to 0.96 between the researcher and the patient journal, to 0.99 between the patient dental record vs. SKaPa, and to 0.95 between the researcher and SKaPa.ConclusionThe SKaPa registry information demonstrated satisfactory reliability and accuracy on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children and is a reliable source for registry-based research.Trial registration The study was registered in Clinical Trials (www.ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03039010)

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