Sensitivity, specificity, reliability, and clinical validity of provider-reported symptoms: A comparison with self-reported symptoms

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-133

  Justice, Amy C ^a,f,g   Rabeneck, Linda ^b   Hays, Ron D ^c   Wu, Albert W ^d   Bozzette, Samuel A ^e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Functional status; Global quality of life; HIV infection; Reliability; Survival; Symptoms; Validity

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0033151595     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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