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Development and Validation of a Severity Scale for Leprosy Type 1 Reactions 英文参考文献.docVIP

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Development and Validation of a Severity Scale for Leprosy Type 1 Reactions 英文参考文献

DevelopmentandValidationofaSeverityScalefor LeprosyType1Reactions StephenL.Walker1*,PeterG.Nicholls2,C.RuthButlin3,JoseAugustoC.Nery4,HemantoK.Roy3, EmanuelRangel4,AnnaM.Sales4,DianaN.J.Lockwood1 1DepartmentofInfectiousandTropicalDiseases,LondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine,London,UnitedKingdom,2SchoolofHealthSciences,Universityof Southampton,UnitedKingdom,3DBLMHospital,Nilphamari,Bangladesh,4OswaldoCruzInstitute,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil Abstract Objectives:TodevelopavalidandreliablequantitativemeasureofleprosyType1reactions. Methods:Ascalewasdevelopedfrompreviousscaleswhichhadnotbeenvalidated.Thefaceandcontentvaliditywere assessedfollowingconsultationwithrecognisedexpertsinthefield.Theconstructvaliditywasdeterminedbyapplyingthe scaletopatientsinBangladeshandBrazilwhohadbeendiagnosedwithleprosyType1reaction.Anexpertcategorized eachpatient’sreactionasmildormoderateorsevere.Anotherworkerappliedthescale.Thiswasdoneindependently.Ina subsequentstageofthestudytheagreementbetweentwoobserverswasassessed. Results:ThescalehadgoodinternalconsistencydemonstratedbyaCronbach’salpha.0.8.Removalofthreeitemsfromthe originalscaleresultedinbetterdiscriminationbetweendiseaseseveritycategories.CutoffpointsforType1reactionseverities weredeterminedusingReceiverOperatingCharacteristiccurves.AmildType1reactionischaracterizedusingthefinalscale byascoreof4orless.Amoderatereactionisascoreofbetween4.5and8.5.Aseverereactionisascoreof9ormore. Conclusions:WehavedevelopedavalidandreliabletoolforquantifyingleprosyType1reactionseverityandbelievethis willbeausefultoolinresearchofthiscondition,inobservationalandinterventionstudies,andinthecomparisonofclinical andlaboratoryparameters. Citation:WalkerSL,NichollsPG,ButlinCR,NeryJAC,RoyHK,etal.(2008)DevelopmentandValidationofaSeverityScaleforLeprosyType1Reactions.PLoSNegl TropDis2(12):e351.doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000351 Editor:EdgarCarvalho,HospitalUniversita′rio, Brazil ReceivedMay30,2008;AcceptedNovember30,2008;PublishedDecember23,2008 Copyright: ?

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