Expert accuracy and inter-rater agreement of "must-know" EEG findings for adult and child neurology residents.
Epileptic Disord
; 26(1): 109-120, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We published a list of "must-know" routine EEG (rEEG) findings for trainees based on expert opinion. Here, we studied the accuracy and inter-rater agreement (IRA) of these "must-know" rEEG findings among international experts.METHODS:
A previously validated online rEEG examination was disseminated to EEG experts. It consisted of a survey and 30 multiple-choice questions predicated on the previously published "must-know" rEEG findings divided into four domains normal, abnormal, normal variants, and artifacts. Questions contained de-identified 10-20-s epochs of EEG that were considered unequivocal examples by five EEG experts.RESULTS:
The examination was completed by 258 international EEG experts. Overall mean accuracy and IRA (AC1) were 81% and substantial (0.632), respectively. The domain-specific mean accuracies and IRA were 76%, moderate (0.558) (normal); 78%, moderate (0.575) (abnormal); 85%, substantial (0.678) (normal variants); 85%, substantial (0.740) (artifacts). Academic experts had a higher accuracy than private practice experts (82% vs. 77%; p = .035). Country-specific overall mean accuracies and IRA were 92%, almost perfect (0.836) (U.S.); 86%, substantial (0.762) (Brazil); 79%, substantial (0.646) (Italy); and 72%, moderate (0.496) (India). In conclusion, collective expert accuracy and IRA of "must-know" rEEG findings are suboptimal and heterogeneous.SIGNIFICANCE:
We recommend the development and implementation of pragmatic, accessible, country-specific ways to measure and improve the expert accuracy and IRA.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Electroencefalografía
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Neurología
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epileptic Disord
Asunto de la revista:
CEREBRO
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos