Validation of consensus panel diagnosis in dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical diagnosis of dementing diseases largely depends on the subjective interpretation of patient symptoms. Consensus panels are frequently used in research to determine diagnoses when definitive pathologic findings are unavailable. Nevertheless, research on group decision making indicates that many factors can adversely affect panel performance.

Objective

To determine conditions that improve consensus panel diagnosis.

Design

Comparison of neuropathologic diagnoses with individual and consensus panel diagnoses based on clinical scenarios only, fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography images only, and scenarios plus images.

Setting

Expert and trainee individual and consensus panel deliberations using a modified Delphi method in a pilot

SUBMITTER: Gabel MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3178413 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature