INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Epilepsy (INDT-EPI) for Primary Care Physicians: Development and Validation.
Indian Pediatr
;
2014 July; 51(7): 539-543
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-170678
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new diagnostic instrument for epilepsy – INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Epilepsy (INDT-EPI) – with evaluation by expert pediatric neurologists. Studydesign:
Evaluation of diagnostic test.Setting:
Tertiary care pediatric referral centers in India.Methods:
Children aged 2-9 years, enrolled by systematic random sampling at pediatric neurology out-patient clinics of three tertiary care centers were independently evaluated in a blinded manner by primary care physicians trained to administer the test, and by teams of two pediatric neurologists.Outcomes:
A 13-item questionnaire administered by trained primary care physicians (candidate test) and comprehensive subject evaluation by pediatric neurologists (gold standard).Results:
There were 240 children with epilepsy and 274 without epilepsy. The candidate test for epilepsy had sensitivity and specificity of 85.8% and 95.3%; positive and negative predictive values of 94.0% and 88.5%; and positive and negative likelihood ratios of 18.25 and 0.15, respectively.Conclusion:
The INDT-EPI has high validity to identify children with epilepsy when used by primary care physicians.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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