Bouwhuis Carola B, Moll Henriette A
Outpatient Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2003;18(5):385-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1024205226239.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether names (surnames and the combination of surnames and first names) are adequate to identify Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese children in a Dutch population. Parents visiting the Emergency Department of the Sophia Children's Hospital with their child filled in a questionnaire about their ethnic background, socio-economic factors and cultural factors. Patients' names were classified by students with a Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese (Hindustanic and Creole) background. A combined name-method (surnames in combination with first names) and surnames only were compared with a reference method (ethnicity by parents' country of birth). The validity of both name methods and the measurements of agreement (kappa) of both comparisons were analysed. Turkish names showed good validity measurements between the combined name-method and the reference method (sensitivity of 81% and a positive predictive value of 86%). The Arabic names were distinguishable with a sensitivity of 77%, specificity of 99% and positive predictive value of 87%. Surinamese names were less easy to distinguish from the other names (69, 96 and 69% respectively). Overall, the measurement of agreement showed a kappa of 0.69 in the comparison between the classification of the combined names and the classification by parent's country of birth. The classification of the combined names was slightly better than the classification by surnames only.
Names can be used to identify Turkish and Arabic (Moroccan) children in a routinely registered database of Dutch children. For Surinamese names this method is less suitable.
本研究的目的是调查在荷兰人群中，姓名（姓氏以及姓氏与名字的组合）是否足以识别土耳其、摩洛哥和苏里南儿童。带着孩子前往索菲亚儿童医院急诊科就诊的家长填写了一份关于其种族背景、社会经济因素和文化因素的问卷。学生们根据土耳其、摩洛哥和苏里南（印度斯坦和克里奥尔）背景对患者的姓名进行分类。将姓名组合法（姓氏与名字组合）和仅使用姓氏的方法与参考方法（根据父母出生国确定种族）进行比较。分析了两种姓名方法的有效性以及两种比较的一致性测量值（kappa值）。土耳其姓名在姓名组合法和参考方法之间显示出良好的有效性测量结果（灵敏度为81%，阳性预测值为86%）。阿拉伯姓名的可区分性为灵敏度77%、特异性99%、阳性预测值87%。苏里南姓名较难与其他姓名区分开（分别为69%、96%和69%）。总体而言，在姓名组合分类与按父母出生国分类的比较中，一致性测量显示kappa值为0.69。姓名组合分类略优于仅按姓氏分类。
在荷兰儿童的常规登记数据库中，姓名可用于识别土耳其和阿拉伯（摩洛哥）儿童。对于苏里南姓名，此方法不太适用。
