Patient-clinician agreement on signs and symptoms of 'strep throat': A MetroNet study

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-604

  Xu, Jinping ^a   Schwartz, Kendra ^a   Monsur, Joseph ^a   Northrup, Justin ^a   Neale, Anne Victoria ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A haemolytic Streptococcus; Interobserver agreement; Kappa coefficient; Pharyngitis; Sore throat; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE;

EID: 10644220193     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh604     Document Type: Article

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