Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Dec 23;6:27-36. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S50449. eCollection 2014.
The validity of the registration of patients in stroke-specific registries has seldom been investigated, nor compared with administrative hospital discharge registries. The objective of this study was to examine the validity of the registration of patients in a stroke-specific registry (The Danish Stroke Registry [DSR]) and a hospital discharge registry (The Danish National Patient Registry [DNRP]).
Assuming that all patients with stroke were registered in either the DSR, DNRP or both, we first identified a sample of 75 patients registered with stroke in 2009; 25 patients in the DSR, 25 patients in the DNRP, and 25 patients registered in both data sources. Using the medical record as a gold standard, we then estimated the sensitivity and positive predictive value of a stroke diagnosis in the DSR and the DNRP. Secondly, we reviewed 160 medical records for all potential stroke patients discharged from four major neurologic wards within a 7-day period in 2010, and estimated the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the DSR and the DNRP.
Using the first approach, we found a sensitivity of 97% (worst/best case scenario 92%-99%) in the DSR and 79% (worst/best case scenario 73%-84%) in the DNRP. The positive predictive value was 90% (worst/best case scenario 72%-98%) in the DSR and 79% (worst/best case scenario 62%-88%) in the DNRP. Using the second approach, we found a sensitivity of 91% (95% confidence interval [CI] 81%-96%) and 58% (95% CI 46%-69%) in the DSR and DNRP, respectively. The negative predictive value was 91% (95% CI 83%-96%) in the DSR and 72% (95% CI 62%-80%) in the DNRP. The specificity and positive predictive value did not differ among the registries.
Our data suggest a higher sensitivity in the DSR than the DNRP for acute stroke diagnoses, whereas the positive predictive value was comparable in the two data sources.
对专门的卒中登记处的患者登记的有效性,鲜少进行研究,也很少与医院出院登记处进行比较。本研究的目的是检验专门的卒中登记处(丹麦卒中登记处[DSR])和医院出院登记处(丹麦国家患者登记处[DNRP])中患者登记的有效性。
我们假设所有卒中患者都在 DSR、DNRP 或两者中进行了登记,首先确定了 2009 年登记的 75 名卒中患者样本,其中 25 名患者在 DSR 中登记,25 名患者在 DNRP 中登记,25 名患者在两个数据源中都进行了登记。我们使用病历作为金标准,随后评估了 DSR 和 DNRP 中卒中诊断的灵敏度和阳性预测值。其次,我们回顾了 2010 年 7 天内 4 个主要神经科病房出院的所有潜在卒中患者的 160 份病历,评估了 DSR 和 DNRP 的灵敏度、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值。
使用第一种方法,我们发现 DSR 的灵敏度为 97%(最差/最佳情况 92%-99%),DNRP 的灵敏度为 79%(最差/最佳情况 73%-84%)。DSR 的阳性预测值为 90%(最差/最佳情况 72%-98%),DNRP 的阳性预测值为 79%(最差/最佳情况 62%-88%)。使用第二种方法,我们发现 DSR 和 DNRP 的灵敏度分别为 91%(95%置信区间[CI]81%-96%)和 58%(95% CI 46%-69%)。DSR 的阴性预测值为 91%(95% CI 83%-96%),DNRP 的阴性预测值为 72%(95% CI 62%-80%)。登记处之间的特异性和阳性预测值无差异。
我们的数据表明,DSR 对急性卒中诊断的灵敏度高于 DNRP,而两者的阳性预测值相当。