Validation of diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in electronic medical records: a primary care cross-sectional study in Madrid, Spain (the e-MADVEVA Study).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To validate the diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke recorded in electronic medical records (EMR) and to estimate the population prevalence of both diseases in people aged ≥18 years.

Design

Cross-sectional validation study.

Setting

45 primary care centres.

Participants

Simple random sampling of diagnoses of AMI and stroke (International Classification of Primary Care-2 codes K75 and K90, respectively) registered by 55 physicians and random age-matched and sex-matched sampling of the records that included in primary care EMRs in Madrid (Spain).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and overall agreement were calculated using the kappa statistic. Applied gold

SUBMITTER: de Burgos-Lunar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature