Study design for calibration of clinical examiners measuring periodontal parameters

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1129-1141

  Hill, Elizabeth G ^a   Slate, Elizabeth H ^a   Wiegand, Ryan E ^a   Grossi, Sara G ^b,c   Salinas, Carlos F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Correlation of data; Periodontal diseases; Periodontal pocket; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENT; DENTIST; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTITIS; PERSONNEL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 33748570809     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.050395     Document Type: Article

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