Department of Nursing Science, Centre for Humanities and Health Sciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 Jan;64(1):96-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.002. Epub 2010 Jun 17.
Results of reliability and agreement studies are intended to provide information about the amount of error inherent in any diagnosis, score, or measurement. The level of reliability and agreement among users of scales, instruments, or classifications is widely unknown. Therefore, there is a need for rigorously conducted interrater and intrarater reliability and agreement studies. Information about sample selection, study design, and statistical analysis is often incomplete. Because of inadequate reporting, interpretation and synthesis of study results are often difficult. Widely accepted criteria, standards, or guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement in the health care and medical field are lacking. The objective was to develop guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies.
Eight experts in reliability and agreement investigation developed guidelines for reporting.
Fifteen issues that should be addressed when reliability and agreement are reported are proposed. The issues correspond to the headings usually used in publications.
The proposed guidelines intend to improve the quality of reporting.
可靠性和一致性研究的结果旨在提供有关任何诊断、评分或测量中固有误差量的信息。量表、工具或分类的使用者之间的可靠性和一致性的程度尚不清楚。因此，需要进行严格的评定者间和评定者内可靠性和一致性研究。有关样本选择、研究设计和统计分析的信息往往不完整。由于报告不充分，研究结果的解释和综合常常很困难。在医疗保健和医学领域缺乏广泛接受的报告可靠性和一致性的标准、准则或指南。目的是制定报告可靠性和一致性研究的指南。
8 名可靠性和一致性研究专家制定了报告指南。
提出了在报告可靠性和一致性时应解决的 15 个问题。这些问题与出版物中通常使用的标题相对应。
拟议的指南旨在提高报告的质量。
