An intervention to improve the interrater reliability of clinical EEG interpretations

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 485-489

  Azuma, Hideki ^a   Hori, Shiro ^a   Nakanishi, Masao ^b   Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Ichikawa, Norimasa ^c   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Improvement; Interrater reliability; Kappa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0141962648     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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