Evaluation of an ARF diagnosis calculator: a survey and content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) is a critically important condition for which there is no diagnostic test. Diagnosis requires the use of a set of criteria comprising clinical, laboratory, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings. The complexity of the algorithm and the fact that clinicians lack familiarity with ARF, make ARF diagnosis ideally suited to an electronic decision support tool. The ARF Diagnosis Calculator was developed to assist clinicians in diagnosing ARF and correctly assign categories of 'possible, 'probable' or 'definite' ARF. This research aimed to evaluate the acceptability, accuracy, and test performance of the ARF Diagnosis Calculator.

Methods

Three strategies were used to provide triangulation of data. Users of the calculator employed

SUBMITTER: Fisher E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature