Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values

In this article, we have discussed the basic knowledge to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. We have discussed the advantage and limitations of these measures and have provided how we should use these measures in our day-to-day clinical pract...

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Autores principales: Parikh, Rajul, Mathai, Annie, Parikh, Shefali, Chandra Sekhar, G, Thomas, Ravi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Research Methdology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158403
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author Parikh, Rajul
Mathai, Annie
Parikh, Shefali
Chandra Sekhar, G
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Parikh, Shefali
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description In this article, we have discussed the basic knowledge to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. We have discussed the advantage and limitations of these measures and have provided how we should use these measures in our day-to-day clinical practice. We also have illustrated how to calculate sensitivity and specificity while combining two tests and how to use these results for our patients in day-to-day practice.
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spelling pubmed-26360622009-02-10 Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values Parikh, Rajul Mathai, Annie Parikh, Shefali Chandra Sekhar, G Thomas, Ravi Indian J Ophthalmol Research Methdology In this article, we have discussed the basic knowledge to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. We have discussed the advantage and limitations of these measures and have provided how we should use these measures in our day-to-day clinical practice. We also have illustrated how to calculate sensitivity and specificity while combining two tests and how to use these results for our patients in day-to-day practice. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2636062/ /pubmed/18158403 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chandra Sekhar, G
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Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
title Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
title_full Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
title_fullStr Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
title_full_unstemmed Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
title_short Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
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topic Research Methdology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158403
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