The Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) has been used to measure Crohn's activity for
over a quarter of a century. The development of the CDAI is reviewed and its reliability and …

The quality of indexing of periodicals in a bibliographic data base cannot be measured
directly, as there is no one" correct" way to index an item. However, consistency can be used …

Medical record information has become less reliable than ever before despite the electronic
information revolution in medical care and the authority medical records have been …

The importance of measurement reliability can be illustrated with an example of a child with
scoliosis. An incremental difference of 5#{176} between two measurements of the Cobb …

The methodology for developing and assessing disease status measures isnow well-
advanced. For some diseases, in particular SLE and RA, these methods have been applied …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The quality and integrity of information is pivotal to the
validity and reliability of inferences drawn in research. The aim of this study is to …

Background: The toxicity of a given cancer therapy is an important end point in clinical trials
examining the potential costs and benefits of that therapy. Treatment-related toxicity is …

Objective: To determine the reliability of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-modified
semiquantitative histologic scoring system for lupus nephritis. Design: Cross-sectional study …

Physicians are engaged in incorporating quantitative methods for making clinical decisions
into their practices. An acquaintance with semiotics, the doctrine of signs, may complement …

Although the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group has recently developed uniform clinical criteria
for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), inter-rater reliability studies of these criteria …